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Skinner, David, 1973-
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Gove, Philip Babcock, 1902-1972.
Webster's third new international dictionary of the English language unabridged.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism.
English language -- Lexicography -- History -- 20th century.
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Skinner, David, 1973-
Gove, Philip Babcock, 1902-1972.
Webster's third new international dictionary of the English language unabridged.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism.
English language -- Lexicography -- History -- 20th century.
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The story of ain't : America, its
language
, and the most controversial
dictionary
ever published / David Skinner.
by
Skinner, David, 1973-
Harper, c2012.
Call #:
423.09 S628s
Subjects
Gove, Philip Babcock, 1902-1972.
Webster
's
third
new
international
dictionary
of the
English
language
unabridged
.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism.
English
language
-- Lexicography -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9780062027467
0062027468
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xiv, 349 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-331) and index.
Summary:
"In 1934,
Webster
's Second was the great gray eminence of American dictionaries, with 600,000 entries and numerous competitors but no rivals. It served as the all-knowing guide to the world of grammar and information, a kind of one-stop reference work. In 1961,
Webster
's
Third
came along and ignited an unprecedented controversy in America'
s
newspapers, universities, and living rooms. The
new
dictionary'
s
editor, Philip Gove, had overhauled Merriam'
s
long held authoritarian principles to create a reference work that had "no traffic with...artificial notions of correctness or authority. It must be descriptive not prescriptive." Correct use was determined by how the
language
was actually spoken, and not by "notions of correctness" set by the learned few. Gove'
s
editorial approach had editors and scholars longing for
Webster
's Second. Reporters across the country sounded off on Gove and his
dictionary
. The
New
York Times complained that
Webster
's had "surrendered to the permissive school that has been busily extending its beachhead on
English
instruction," the Times called on Merriam to preserve the printing plates for
Webster
's Second, so that a
new
start could be made. And soon Dwight MacDonald, a formidable American critic and writer, emerged as
Webster
's Third'
s
chief nemesis when in the pages of the
New
Yorker he likened the
new
dictionary
to the end of civilization."-- Provided by publisher.
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