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Longman Dictionary of American English Longman (Firm : New York, N.Y.),2004 Specially researched and written to meet the real needs of students of English. The 52,000 words and phrases are defined using only the 2,000 most common
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Webster worried that his Grammatical Institute might be pirated. He had to seek copyright protection from each state. At last, on May 31, 1790, President George Washingtonsigned the United States’ first general copyright act into law. Later, Webster lobbied for an extended copyright law. He wrote “By this bill the term of copy-right is secured for ...
The Blue-backed Speller
1. 1783 as the first part of the Grammatical Institute of the English language. 2. 1786 as The American Spelling Book, containing the rudiments of the English language, for the use of schools in the United States. 3. 1829 as The Elementary Spelling Book. 385 'editions' (mostly reprints) in his lifetime; by 1837 15 million copies sold; by 1890 60 million copies sold.
The Dictionary
1. 1806 A first attempt was published as A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language. 2. 1828 The first edition of his famous An American Dictionary of the English Language; second edition in 1840 in two volumes. The first edition sold only 2,500 copies.
Other publications
1. 1785. Sketches of American policy. 2. 1790. A collection of essays and fugitive writings on moral, historical, politics and literary subjects. 3. 1789. Dissertations. 4. 1793. The effects of slavery on morals and industry. In two volumes. 5. 1799. A brief history of epidemic and pestilential diseases. 6. 1800. A Grammatical Institute of the English Language. In three parts, part II is the grammar. 7. 1802. Letters to a young gentleman concerning his education. 8. 1802. Miscellaneous papers...
Baron, Dennis E. 1982. Grammar and good taste: reforming the American Language. New Haven: Yale University Press.Dillard J.L. 1992. A history of American English. New York: Longman 1992.Fodde Melis, Luisanna 2005. Noah Webster and the first American dictionary. Rosen, New York.Simpson, David. 1986. The politics of American English, 1776–1850. Oxford University Press.- May 28, 1843 (aged 84)
Tremper Longman. Tremper Longman III (born 8 September 1952) is an Old Testament scholar, theologian, professor and author of several books, including 2009 ECPA Christian Book Award winner Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings. [1]
- 3 sons
- Alice
- The Book of Ecclesiastes (NICOT), Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings
- Yale University (Ph.D.)
About the Baker Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words. This in-depth dictionary empowers deep study of the words of Scripture with up-to-date scholarship on the meaning of Hebrew and Greek words and their translations. It’s an excellent resource for every student of the Bible, especially those who preach and teach. "By providing clear and ...
Jun 8, 2022 · "The Longman Study Dictionary of American English is an invaluable resource for low-intermediate learners. the dictionary accelerates vocabulary development by explaining academic and content-area vocabulary with clear and accessible definitions and example sentences." from publisher's website viewed 7/8/2020 "Understand more. Achieve more."--Cover
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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English bi‧ble, Bible /ˈbaɪbəl/ noun 1 → the Bible 2 [ countable] a copy of the bible 3 [ singular] informal the most useful and important book on a particular subject It's the anatomy student's bible! Origin bible (1300-1400) Old French Medieval Latin biblia, from Greek, plural of biblion “book ...
