The Dictionary Wars

Auteurs

• Peter Martin

Paramètres

• 376 pages
• 14 heures de lecture

• Biographies
• Histoire des États-Unis
• Linguistique
• Nonfiction
• Thème historique

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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.

Achat du livre

• Année de publication: 2020
• Reliure: (souple)