The Story Of Webster S Third

Author : Herbert C. Morton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521558697

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The Story of Webster's Third by Herbert C. Morton Pdf

The publication of Webster's Third New International Dictionary in 1961 set off a storm of controversy in both the popular press and in scholarly journals that was virtually unprecedented in its scope and intensity. This is the first full account of the controversy, set within the larger background of how the dictionary was planned and put together by its editor-in-chief, Philip Babcock Gove. Based on original research and interviews with the people who knew and worked with Gove, this is a human story as well as the story of the making of a dictionary. The author skilfully interweaves an account of Gove's character and working habits with the evolution of the dictionary. The reception given Webster's Third - now widely regarded as one of the greatest dictionaries of our time - illuminates public misconceptions about language and the role of dictionaries.

Author : Philip Babcock Gove
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:473223337

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Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged, a Merriam-Webster by Philip Babcock Gove Pdf

Author : Stephen Vincent Benet,Stephen Vincent Benét
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1943-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0822203030

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The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benet,Stephen Vincent Benét Pdf

THE STORY: Jabez Stone, young farmer, has just been married, and the guests are dancing at his wedding. But Jabez carries a burden, for he knows that, having sold his soul to the Devil, he must, on the stroke of midnight, deliver it up to him. Shortly before twelve Mr. Scratch, lawyer, enters and the company is thunderstruck. Jabez bids his guests begone; he has made his bargain and will pay the price. His bride, however, stands by him, and so will Daniel Webster, who has come for the festivities. Webster takes the case. But Scratch is a lawyer himself and out-argues the statesman. Webster demands a jury of real Americans, living or dead. Very well, agrees the Devil, he shall have them, and ghosts appear. Webster thunders, but to no avail, and at last realizing Scratch can better him on technical grounds, he changes his tactics and appeals to the ghostly jury, men who have retained some love of country. Rising to the height of his powers, Webster performs the miracle of winning a verdict of Not Guilty.

Author : Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-15
Category : English language
ISBN : 1596951230

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Webster's Dictionary for Students by Merriam-Webster, Inc Pdf

Created for students in grades 3-6, this updated and expanded dictionary contains more than 37,000 definitions of words kids use every day. This North American edition also contains Canadian terms and spellings.

Author : Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:49015002865740

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Merriam-Webster's Secretarial Handbook by Merriam-Webster, Inc Pdf

An authoritative reference source for today's office professional. Covers all aspects of office management. Includes an introduction to computers and a guide to business English. Provides abundant practical examples.

Author : David Kenyon Webster
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1994-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0807119016

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Parachute Infantry by David Kenyon Webster Pdf

An English literature major at Harvard with a talent for writing, twenty-one-year-old David Kenyon Webster volunteered for duty in the U.S. Army’s parachute infantry in 1943 with the aim of seeing combat first-hand and then describing his experiences. His introduction to warfare came at the invasion of Normandy on D-Day in 1944. Webster went on to see considerable action in the next two years, serving as a combat infantryman in the campaign through northwest Europe, during which he was twice wounded. He wrote Parachute Infantry a short time after the war, relying on his letters home and recollections he penned right after his discharge, making his memoir much closer to the war than most such works. With its abundant dialogue, charged descriptions of places and events, and skillful evocation of emotions, Webster’s narrative resonates with the immediacy of a gripping novel. The memoir is divided into several episodes. The first takes place in May and June of 1944 and provides a detailed, suspenseful account of Webster’s participation in the events of D-Day. The next covers several days in September, 1944, when Webster parachuted into Holland and then as part of a group of soldiers advanced through small towns, freeing them as the Germans retreated, until he was shot in the leg and forced to leave his unit. The narrative then picks up in February, 1945, after Webster has returned to his unit, and describes several weeks near the end of the war in Europe, when German resistance was still strong but weakening. Then comes the Allied victory in 1945. We see Webster’s platoon arriving at Berchtes gaden (Hilter’s vacation retreat in the Alps) right before V-E Day and the celebrations and lax discipline that followed the final collapse of the Third Reich. In the last section of the book, Webster recalls the monotonous routine of occupation duty, concluding with his return to the States in early 1946 to be discharged. Stephen E. Ambrose introduces Parachute Infantry, pointing out as two important strengths Webster’s honesty and his ability to describe so well his fellow soldiers—men he never would have known or associated with in civilian life but with whom he developed the strongest bonds during his wartime experience. Parachute Infantry proves to be a riveting account of a young soldier’s experience of war.

Author : Merriam-Webster
Publisher : Merriam-Webster
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0877790957

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The Merriam-Webster Dictionary by Merriam-Webster Pdf

New edition! A handy, reliable, and authoritative dictionary of words most frequently used in Englis. More than 75,000 definitions, 2,000 new word entries, and more than 150 illustrations. Expanded special features include a Handbook of Style, Basic English Grammar, Irregular English Verbs and a Guid eto Common Verb Collocations (both essential for ESL), and a new Overview of the Internet.

Author : Noah Webster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1122 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1841
Category : English language
ISBN : HARVARD:HNEZZ9

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An American Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster Pdf

Author : Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0877791236

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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day by Merriam-Webster, Inc. Pdf

Welcome to Merriam-Webster Kids! Fall 2021 marks the debut of our new imprint that serves our mission to help kids better understand and communicate with the world around them through highly engaging content designed to foster a love of language and learning from an early age. Our list is small, yet focused; over time you will see it build across all categories and ages that serve ages 0-12 and the families, teachers, and librarians that support them. From the largest team of dictionary editors and writers in America, and one of the largest in the world, thank-you for supporting us and Merriam-Webster Kids. Inspired by Merriam-Webster's popular Word of the Day digital feature, this book builds knowledge one day at a time with 366 masterful words, ages 8-12. Become a word virtuoso in just one year with 366 crackerjack words aimed to impress. This charmingly illustrated book features boffo words selected by the masterminds at Merriam-Webster to highlight the English language and its odd and unexpected history.

Author : Hannah Whaley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-29
Category : Conduct of life
ISBN : 0993001203

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Webster's Email by Hannah Whaley Pdf

Webster emails a funny picture of his sister Ivy to his Dad without thinking about how many other people will receive it.

Author : David Skinner
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780062345752

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The Story of Ain't by David Skinner Pdf

“It takes true brilliance to lift the arid tellings of lexicographic fussing into the readable realm of the thriller and the bodice-ripper….David Skinner has done precisely this, taking a fine story and honing it to popular perfection.” —Simon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman The captivating, delightful, and surprising story of Merriam Webster’s Third Edition, the dictionary that provoked America’s greatest language controversy. In those days, 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. 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.. The Story of Ain’t describes a great cultural shift in America, when the voice of the masses resounded in the highest halls of culture, when the division between highbrow and lowbrow was inalterably blurred, when the humanities and its figureheads were shunted aside by advances in scientific thinking. All the while, Skinner treats the reader to the chippy banter of the controversy’s key players. A dictionary will never again seem as important as it did in 1961.

Author : Hannah Whaley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0993001246

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Webster's Friend by Hannah Whaley Pdf

Webster thinks he has made a friend online... but who is he really talking to? Webster tries his best to impress when he makes a new friend online. Told in playful rhyme, this story takes a turn when the friend wants to meet and Webster finds out who he has really been talking to! "Webster's Friend" delicately introduces the concept of online safety to young readers, offering an early caution about strangers online and the pitfalls of anonymity on the internet. One of a collection of award winning picture books about technology for children, that introduce topics about online safety, over sharing, email, meeting strangers online and using computers responsibly. Appropriate for a young audience (ages 3-8) they are a perfect tool for parents, teachers and librarians to teach children about digital issues or for new readers to explore themselves.

Author : Noah Webster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 828 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1434103013

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Webster's 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster Pdf

This new edition has been carefully prepared in a proprietary compact format : All of the words, definitions, and examples have been preserved, but the explanations of word origins have been omitted to save space, as has Webster's lengthy technical introduction. Scripture references have been standardized in modern format, and many abbreviations have been spelled out for greater understanding. The text has been newly typeset with Charter typeface, making the text highly readable in spite of its small size. --from publisher's preface.

Author : Deborah Kigjugalik Webster
Publisher : Inhabit Media
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1772271233

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Akilak's Adventure by Deborah Kigjugalik Webster Pdf

When Akilak must travel a great distance to another camp to gather food, she thinks she will never be able to make it. With a little help from her grandmother's spirit, and her own imagination to keep her entertained, Akilak manages to turn a long journey into an adventure. Even though she at first feels that she will never be able to reach her destination, she keeps her grandmother's assurance that her "destination is not running away; it will be reached eventually" in mind and ends up enjoying the journey that at first seemed so daunting.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : English language
ISBN : 0760755434

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Webster's Dictionary of Word Origins by Anonim Pdf