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The Dictionary Wars: The American Fight over the English Language
The Dictionary Wars The American Fight over the English Language
Author: Peter Martin
A compelling history of the national conflicts that resulted from efforts to produce the first definitive American dictionary of English In The Dictionary Wars, Peter Martin recounts the patriotic fervor in the early American republic to produce a definitive national dictionary that would rival Samuel Johnson?s 1755 Dictionary of the English Lan...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780691188911
ISBN-10: 0691188912
Publication Date: 5/28/2019
Pages: 368
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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