Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged
Author : Philip Babcock Gove
Publisher :
Page : 2738 pages
File Size : 45,66 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Reference
ISBN :
Author : Philip Babcock Gove
Publisher :
Page : 2738 pages
File Size : 45,66 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Reference
ISBN :
Author : Noah Webster
Publisher :
Page : 1122 pages
File Size : 14,12 MB
Release : 1841
Category : English language
ISBN :
Author : Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,10 MB
Release : 2011-05-15
Category : English language
ISBN : 9781596951235
Created for students in grades 3-6, this updated and expanded dictionary contains more than 37,000 definitions of words kids use every day. This North American edition also contains Canadian terms and spellings.
Author : David Skinner
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,75 MB
Release : 2014-01-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0062345753
“It takes true brilliance to lift the arid tellings of lexicographic fussing into the readable realm of the thriller and the bodice-ripper….David Skinner has done precisely this, taking a fine story and honing it to popular perfection.” —Simon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman The captivating, delightful, and surprising story of Merriam Webster’s Third Edition, the dictionary that provoked America’s greatest language controversy. In those days, Webster’s Second was the great gray eminence of American dictionaries, with 600,000 entries and numerous competitors but no rivals. It served as the all-knowing guide to the world of grammar and information, a kind of one-stop reference work. In 1961, Webster’s Third came along and ignited an unprecedented controversy in America’s newspapers, universities, and living rooms. The new dictionary’s editor, Philip Gove, had overhauled Merriam’s long held authoritarian principles to create a reference work that had “no traffic with…artificial notions of correctness or authority. It must be descriptive not prescriptive.” Correct use was determined by how the language was actually spoken, and not by “notions of correctness” set by the learned few. Dwight MacDonald, a formidable American critic and writer, emerged as Webster’s Third’s chief nemesis when in the pages of the New Yorker he likened the new dictionary to the end of civilization.. The Story of Ain’t describes a great cultural shift in America, when the voice of the masses resounded in the highest halls of culture, when the division between highbrow and lowbrow was inalterably blurred, when the humanities and its figureheads were shunted aside by advances in scientific thinking. All the while, Skinner treats the reader to the chippy banter of the controversy’s key players. A dictionary will never again seem as important as it did in 1961.
Author : Stephen Vincent Benet
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 28,50 MB
Release : 1943-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780822203032
THE STORY: Jabez Stone, young farmer, has just been married, and the guests are dancing at his wedding. But Jabez carries a burden, for he knows that, having sold his soul to the Devil, he must, on the stroke of midnight, deliver it up to him. Shortly before twelve Mr. Scratch, lawyer, enters and the company is thunderstruck. Jabez bids his guests begone; he has made his bargain and will pay the price. His bride, however, stands by him, and so will Daniel Webster, who has come for the festivities. Webster takes the case. But Scratch is a lawyer himself and out-argues the statesman. Webster demands a jury of real Americans, living or dead. Very well, agrees the Devil, he shall have them, and ghosts appear. Webster thunders, but to no avail, and at last realizing Scratch can better him on technical grounds, he changes his tactics and appeals to the ghostly jury, men who have retained some love of country. Rising to the height of his powers, Webster performs the miracle of winning a verdict of Not Guilty.
Author : Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher : Merriam-Webster
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 50,13 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780877796046
A search only dictionary on the FindLaw web site that includes 10,000 definitions of legal terms.
Author : Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,34 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781596951464
A large print English language dictionary which includes definitions and pronunciations of over 40,000 words.
Author : Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher :
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 33,93 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
An authoritative reference source for today's office professional. Covers all aspects of office management. Includes an introduction to computers and a guide to business English. Provides abundant practical examples.
Author : Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher :
Page : 820 pages
File Size : 23,41 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
A handy guide to problems of confused or disputed usage based on the critically acclaimed Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage. Over 2,000 entries explain the background and basis of usage controversies and offer expert advice and recommendations.
Author : Herbert C. Morton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 24,53 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521558693
The publication of Webster's Third New International Dictionary in 1961 set off a storm of controversy in both the popular press and in scholarly journals that was virtually unprecedented in its scope and intensity. This is the first full account of the controversy, set within the larger background of how the dictionary was planned and put together by its editor-in-chief, Philip Babcock Gove. Based on original research and interviews with the people who knew and worked with Gove, this is a human story as well as the story of the making of a dictionary. The author skilfully interweaves an account of Gove's character and working habits with the evolution of the dictionary. The reception given Webster's Third - now widely regarded as one of the greatest dictionaries of our time - illuminates public misconceptions about language and the role of dictionaries.