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The Dictionary Wars: The American Fight over the English Language
17. The Merriams Triumphant “Worcester! Worcester! All Change for Webster!”
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December 31 2019
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December 31 2019
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DOI:
10.1515/9780691189994-018
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pp. i
Frontmatter
pp. i
Front Matter
pp. ix
Preface
pp. ix
Preface
pp. vii
Contents
pp. vii
Table of Contents
pp. 3
British Mockery and American Disdain
pp. 3
1. British Mockery and American Disdain
pp. 21
Noah Webster:
pp. 21
2. Noah Webster “The Wildest Innovator”
pp. 41
Webster’s First Dictionary
pp. 41
3. Webster’s First Dictionary
pp. 53
4. Displacing Delilah
pp. 53
Displacing Delilah
pp. 83
5. The Lexicographer’s Fifth Column
pp. 83
The Lexicographer’s Fifth Column
pp. 102
Tea and Copyright:
pp. 102
6. Tea and Copyright Goodrich Takes Over
pp. 112
7. Spelling Wars The Rise of Lyman Cobb
pp. 112
Spelling Wars:
pp. 121
8. The “Common Thief ”
pp. 121
The “Common Thief”
pp. 145
Webster’s Decline
pp. 145
9. Webster’s Decline
pp. 161
10. Taking Webster out of Webster From Family Feuds to the Merriam Brothers
pp. 161
Taking Webster out of Webster:
pp. 178
11. Waiting for Worcester
pp. 178
Waiting for Worcester
pp. 197
12. The Bohn Affair
pp. 197
The Bohn Affair
pp. 214
13. Converse’s Complaint
pp. 214
Converse’s Complaint
pp. 223
14. Children, Money, and “Trash”
pp. 223
Children, Money, and “Trash”
pp. 234
High Stakes:
pp. 234
15. High Stakes “Have We a National Standard of Language?”
pp. 250
16. The “Terrible Rival” Worcesterian Resurgence
pp. 250
The “Terrible Rival”:
pp. 274
The Merriams Triumphant:
pp. 274
17. The Merriams Triumphant “Worcester! Worcester! All Change for Webster!”
pp. 288
Conclusion
pp. 288
Conclusion
pp. 291
APPENDIX A:
pp. 291
Appendix A: The “Webster” Brand
pp. 294
Appendix B: Four Centuries of Selected Dictionaries of the English Language
pp. 294
APPENDIX B:
pp. 302
Appendix C: Publishing Terms
pp. 302
APPENDIX C:
pp. 304
APPENDIX D:
pp. 304
Appendix D: “The Spelling Bee at Angels (Reported by Truthful James),” by Bret Harte
pp. 307
Acknowledgments
pp. 307
Acknowledgments
pp. 309
List of Abbreviations
pp. 309
Abbreviations
pp. 311
Notes
pp. 311
Notes
pp. 333
Bibliography
pp. 333
Bibliography
pp. 349
Index
pp. 349
Index
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