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100 1  Martin, Peter,|d1940- 
245 14 The dictionary wars :|bthe American fight over the English
       language|h[Hoopla electronic resource] /|cPeter Martin. 
250    Unabridged. 
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511 0  Narrated by Sean Pratt. 
520    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 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. The overwhelming questions in the dictionary 
       wars involved which and whose English was truly American 
       and whether a dictionary of English should attempt to be 
       American at all, independent from Britain. Martin tells 
       the human story of the intense rivalry between America's 
       first lexicographers, Noah Webster and Joseph Emerson 
       Worcester, who fought over who could best represent the 
       soul and identity of American culture. Webster believed an
       American dictionary, like the American language, ought to 
       be informed by the nation's republican principles, but 
       Worcester thought that such language reforms were reckless
       and went too far. Their conflict continued beyond 
       Webster's death, when the no-nonsense Merriam brothers 
       acquired publishing rights to Webster's American 
       Dictionary and launched their own language wars. From the 
       beginning of the nineteenth century to the end of the 
       Civil War, the dictionary wars also engaged America's 
       colleges, libraries, newspapers, religious groups, and 
       state legislatures at a pivotal historical moment that 
       coincided with rising literacy and the print revolution. 
       Delving into the personal stories and national debates 
       that arose from the conflicts surrounding America's first 
       dictionaries, The Dictionary Wars examines the linguistic 
       struggles that underpinned the founding and growth of a 
       nation. 
538    Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
600 10 Webster, Noah,|d1758-1843. 
600 10 Worcester, Joseph E.|q(Joseph Emerson),|d1784-1865. 
610 20 G. & C. Merriam Company. 
650  0 English language|zUnited States|xLexicography|xHistory. 
650  0 Encyclopedias and dictionaries|xHistory and criticism. 
650  0 History. 
700 1  Pratt, Sean,|enarrator. 
710 2  hoopla digital. 
830  0 ITK audio. 
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