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Dictionaries and the Authoritarian Tradition
Study in English Usage and Lexicography
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Table of contents
- Preface
- 1. THE ORIGINS OF ENGLISH LEXICOGRAPHY
- 1.1. Early word lists
- 1.2. The first English dictionaries: the âhard wordsâ tradition
- 1.3. The comprehensive English dictionary
- 1.4. Inductive method
- 1.5. The historical principle
- 2. THE AUTHORITARIAN TRADITION IN LANGUAGE: ENGLAND
- 2.1. Toward an academy of the English language
- 2.2. The need for an English dictionary
- 2.3. The dictionary as authority: Samuel Johnson
- 2.4. The reception of Johnsonâs Dictionary
- 3. THE AUTHORITARIAN TRADITION IN LANGUAGE: AMERICA
- 3.1. Proposals for an American academy
- 3.2. Authoritarian attitudes and Anglophilia
- 3.3. Noah Websterâs linguistic patriotism
- 3.4. Spelling reform
- 3.5. Websterâs influence on American spelling
- 3.6. Websterâs American Dictionary
- 3.7. The âwar of the dictionariesâ
- 3.8. Linguistic conservatism: renewed efforts for an American academy
- 4. THE SECOND DICTIONARY WAR: WEBSTERâS THIRD NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY
- 4.1. The new authoritarianism
- 4.2. Three reviews
- 4.3. Rebuttal
- 5. LEXICOGRAPHY AND ENGLISH USAGE
- 5.1. Usage information in the early dictionaries
- 5.2. The authority of the dictionary
- 5.3. Usage orientation in modern dictionaries
- 5.4. The situational dimension
- 5.5. The situational and modal dimensions confused: the colloquial label
- 5.6. The usage note
- 5.7. The verbal illustration
- 5.8. The synonymy
- 5.9. Conclusions
- Bibliography