AN AMERICAN DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLAND LANGUAGE; FIRST EDITION IN OCTAVO, Containing the Whole Vocabulary of the Quarto, with Corrections, Improvements and Several Thousand Additional Words: To which is Prefixed an Introductory Dissertation on the Origin, History and Connection of the Languages of Western Asia and Europe, with an Explanation of the Principles on which Languages are Formed
by WEBSTER, Noah
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PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 291: "Webster was an ardent nationalist and he wanted to stress the political separation from Britain by the cultivation of a separate American language. Under the influence of his friend Benjamin Franklin he turned his attention to 'a reformed mode of spelling,' and although he rejected the radical phonetic innovations proposed by Franklin, he went far enough to give many printed American words a distinctive appearance."
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- Charles Agvent (US)
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- 021534
- Title
- AN AMERICAN DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLAND LANGUAGE; FIRST EDITION IN OCTAVO, Containing the Whole Vocabulary of the Quarto, with Corrections, Improvements and Several Thousand Additional Words: To which is Prefixed an Introductory Dissertation on the Origin, History and Connection of the Languages of Western Asia and Europe, with an Explanation of the Principles on which Languages are Formed
- Author
- WEBSTER, Noah
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Light, scattered foxing; stain at bottom margin of first volume not affecting text. Covers rubbed with some loss of leather and
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Octavo Edition
- Publisher
- Published by the author
- Place of Publication
- New Haven, CT
- Date Published
- 1841
- Keywords
- 19th Century Literature, High Spot, Dictionary, Dictionaries, English Language, Noah Webster, Classics
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century American Literature; High Spots; Dictionaries; Dictionary;
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