Dictionary Wars
by Peter Martin
Title:
Dictionary Wars
Author:
Peter Martin
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
368 pages, 22 b/w illus. 1 table.
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
ISBN-13:
9780691188911
EAN:
9780691188911
Publication Date:
28/05/2019
Classifications:
Language: reference and general
Weight (g):
894
Dimensions (mm):
166 x 246 x 38
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Price:£16.88
2 copies in stock
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Description
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 La
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