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Author : Noah Webster
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1122 pages
Book Rating : 4.Z9/5 ( download)
Download or read book An American Dictionary of the English Language written by Noah Webster and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 1122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Micklethwait
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786421572
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)
Download or read book Noah Webster and the American Dictionary written by David Micklethwait and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2005-01-21 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noah Webster was described by the publisher of a competing dictionary as "a vain ... plodding Yankee, who aspired to be a second Johnson"--a criticism that rings mostly true. He was certainly vain and, born in Connecticut, undeniably a Yankee. Moreover, though he referred to Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language as a "barren desart of philology," the American lexicographer relied heavily on the book during the creation of his own American Dictionary, going so far as to filch whole sections. And few would seem more "plodding" than Webster, who was positively obsessed with collecting and preserving bits of information. He kept records of the weather, carefully logged the number of houses in every new town he passed through, filed away every scrap of his writing and everything written about him, and filled the margins of his books with references, dates and corrections. The proud Yankee's sensibilities, however, also made him a fine lexicographer. Generally credited with distinguishing American spelling and usage from British, Webster shunned prescriptive mores and was doggedly loyal to his own language habits, as well as to those of the average American speaker. The book covers Webster's major publications and the influences and methods that shaped them; recounts his life as schoolteacher, copyright law champion, and itinerant lecturer; and examines the Webster legacy. An appendix containing title page reproductions from Webster's books, as well as some from his predecessors and competitors, is also included.
Author : Tracey Fern
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 1466895101
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)
Download or read book W Is For Webster written by Tracey Fern and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an early age, Noah Webster was an odd fellow who liked to talk big and loved learning. He thought America needed its own national language and knew he was just the man to create it. He started with a speller, including everyday words like "scab," "grub," and "mop," and moved on to create a small dictionary. He rode around on a horse, selling his books by hand. Then Noah decided to compile a complete and comprehensive dictionary of American English. He thought the book would take him five years to finish. It took twenty, but his dictionary today is the second-most printed book in the English language.
Author : Jeri Ferris
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547390556
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)
Download or read book Noah Webster and His Words written by Jeri Ferris and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2012 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative picture-book biography about the man who wrote American history by creating the first dictionary for the United States. Full color.
Author : Noah Webster
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language written by Noah Webster and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Martin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691210179
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Dictionary Wars written by Peter Martin and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Language. But what began as a cultural war of independence from Britain devolved into a battle among lexicographers, authors, scholars, and publishers, all vying for dictionary supremacy and shattering forever the dream of a unified American language.
Author : Noah Webster
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781434103017
Total Pages : 828 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)
Download or read book Webster's 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language written by Noah Webster and published by . This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition has been carefully prepared in a proprietary compact format : All of the words, definitions, and examples have been preserved, but the explanations of word origins have been omitted to save space, as has Webster's lengthy technical introduction. Scripture references have been standardized in modern format, and many abbreviations have been spelled out for greater understanding. The text has been newly typeset with Charter typeface, making the text highly readable in spite of its small size. --from publisher's preface.
Author : Noah Webster
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1044 pages
Book Rating : 4.X3/5 ( download)
Download or read book An American Dictionary of the English Language written by Noah Webster and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 1044 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Isabel Proudfit
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780980156300
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)
Download or read book Noah Webster, Father of the Dictionary written by Isabel Proudfit and published by . This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Pegi Deitz Shea
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 1635925142
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)
Download or read book Noah Webster written by Pegi Deitz Shea and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This picture book celebrates one of the most important patriots in post-Revolutionary times -- Noah Webster. Most readers know Noah Webster for his dictionary masterpieces and his promotion of a living "American Language" that embraces words and idioms from all its immigrant peoples. But he was also the driving force behind universal education for all citizens, including slaves, females, and adult learners. Speaker of twenty languages, he developed the new country's curriculum, writing and publishing American literature, American history, and American geography. He published New York City's first daily newspaper. As editor, Webster conducted a study and linked disease with poor sanitation. He created the country's first insurance company, established America's first copyright law, and became America's first best-selling author.
