Description
| Product ID: | 9780691210179 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | The Dictionary Wars |
| Subtitle: | The American Fight over the English Language |
| Authors: | Author: Peter Martin |
| Page Count: | 376 |
| Subjects: | Language: history and general works, Language: history & general works, Lexicography, History of the Americas, Social and cultural history, Lexicography, History of the Americas, Social & cultural history, USA |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A compelling history of the national conflicts that resulted from efforts to produce the first definitive American dictionary of English The Dictionary Wars 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 |
| Imprint Name: | Princeton University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Princeton University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-09-08 |
