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 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."
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."