Websterisms: A Collection of Words and Definitions Set Forth by the Founding Father of American English - Hardcover

 
9781416561361: Websterisms: A Collection of Words and Definitions Set Forth by the Founding Father of American English

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Traces Noah Webster's efforts to define the American language by preparing a complete lexicon of terms and definitions in the early 1800s, showing his passion for words and paradoxical ideas about language and politics.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Arthur Schulman is a retired cognitive psychologist and veteran crossword-puzzle constructor whose puzzles have appeared in The New York Times for many years.

Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and a regular contributor to The New Yorker. Her books include A Is for American and Blindspot, a novel written jointly with Jane Kamensky.

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9781416577010: Websterisms: A Collection of Words and Definitions Set Forth by the Founding Father of American English

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ISBN 10:  1416577017 ISBN 13:  9781416577010
Verlag: Free Press, 2010
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