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Apr 19, 2024 · Webster’s Dictionary 1828: Annotated - JSTOR Daily. Annotations. Webster’s Dictionary 1828: Annotated. Noah Webster’s American Dictionary of the English Language declared Americans free from the tyranny of British institutions and their vocabularies. Noah Webster, The Schoolmaster of the Republic, print by Root & Tinker, 1886.
May 26, 2016 · Noah Webster’s American Dictionary of the English Language, published in 1828. Wikipedia. It’s twilight time for printed dictionaries, whose word-filled bulk weighed down desks, held open doors and by turns inspired and intimidated writers searching for the perfect word. Lexicography — the making of dictionaries — has gone digital.
An American Dictionary of the English Language, (1828), two-volume dictionary by the American lexicographer Noah Webster. He began work on it in 1807 and completed it in France and England in 1824–25, producing a two-volume lexicon containing 12,000 words and 30,000 to 40,000 definitions that had not appeared in any earlier dictionary.
In 1828, when Noah Webster was 70, his American Dictionary of the English Language was published by S. Converse in two quarto volumes containing 70,000 entries, [5] as against the 58,000 of any previous dictionary. There were 2,500 copies printed, at $20 (adjusted for 2023 inflation: $647.73) for the two volumes. At first the set sold poorly.
Nov 20, 2022 · noah websters original 1828 edition of an american dictionary of the english language Bookreader Item Preview remove-circle Internet Archive's in-browser bookreader "theater" requires JavaScript to be enabled.
Mar 20, 2008 · Accurate and discriminating definitions, with numerous authorities and illustrations. To which are prefixed, an introductory dissertation on the origin, history and connection of the languages of Western Asia and of Europe, and a concise grammar of the English language. by.
THF238942. "An American Dictionary of the English Language" by Noah Webster, 1828, Volume 1 / spine. Add to Set Contact us About this Share. Summary. Noah Webster wrote the first dictionary of American English.
