Hardly Harmless Drudgery

Hardly Harmless Drudgery

A 500-Year Pictorial History of the Lexicographic Geniuses, Sciolists, Plagiarists, and Obsessives Who Defined Our Language

Garner, Bryan A.; Lynch, Jack

David R. Godine Publisher Inc

06/2024

448

Dura

Inglês

9781567928075

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Chapter 1, "People Look It Up: The Origins of Printed Lexicography."


Chapter 2, "Hard Words Like Sesquipedalian: The Dawning of English Dictionaries."


Chapter 3, "Juggernaut Johnson: The Age of Authority."


Chapter 4, "The Declaration of Linguistic Independence: Noah Webster's American Dictionary."


Chapter 5, "Dictionary Warfare: The Webster Brand vs. Everyone."


Chapter 6, "Victorian Colossus: The Great OED."


Chapter 7, "What's a Guardian to Do? Strife in the 20th Century."


Chapter 8, "Vulgar Tongue: The Wild Variety of Englishes."


Chapter 9, "Beyond the Floppy Disk: Digitized Dictionaries."
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