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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage
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作者: 著
出版社: Merriam Webster
1994-11
ISBN: 9780877791324
定价: 236.90
装帧: 精装
开本: 其他
纸张: 胶版纸
页数: 996页
正文语种: 英语
分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>语言文字
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  • AcriticallyacclaimedguidetoEnglishusage.Includesmorethan2,300entriespresentingthehistory,analysis,andrecommendationsregardingnotedusagecontroversies.Entriesareillustratedwithmorethan20,000quotationsfromprominentwriters.Objectiveandcomprehensive,Merriam-Webster'sDictionaryofEnglishUsageisareadableandentertainingguidetothecomplexhistoryofsomeofthethorniestusageissuesintheEnglishlanguage.Thescholarshipandauthorityofthisindispensaleworkhaveearnedituniversalcriticalacclaim. TheMerriambrothersdesiredacontinuityofeditorshipthatwouldlinkNoahWebster'seffortswiththeirowneditions,sotheyselectedChaunceyA.Goodrich,Webster'sson-in-lawandliteraryheir,whohadbeentrainedinlexicographybyWebsterhimself,tobetheireditorinchief.Webster'ssonWilliamalsoservedasaneditorofthatfirstMerriam-Websterdictionary,whichwaspublishedonSeptember24,1847.

    AlthoughWebster'sworkwashonored,hisbigdictionarieshadneversoldwell.The1828editionwaspricedatawhopping$20;in13yearsits2,500copieshadnotsoldout.Similarly,the1841edition,onlyslightlymoreaffordableat$15,movedslowly.Assumingthatalowerpricewouldincreasesales,theMerriamsintroducedthe1847editionat$6,andalthoughWebster'sheirsinitiallyquestionedthismove,extraordinarysalesthatbroughtthem$250,000inroyaltiesovertheensuing25yearsconvincedthemthattheMerriams'decisionhadbeenabundantlysound.

    ThefirstMerriam-Websterdictionarywasgreetedwithwideacclaim.PresidentJamesK.Polk,GeneralZacharyTaylor(herooftheMexicanWarandlaterpresidenthimself),31U.S.senators,andotherprominentpeoplehaileditunreservedly.In1850itsacceptanceasaresourceforstudentsbeganwhenMassachusettsorderedacopyforeveryschoolandNewYorkplacedasimilarorderfor10,000copiestobeusedinschoolsthroughoutthestate.Eventuallyschoolusewouldspreadthroughoutthecountry.InbecomingAmerica'smosttrustedauthorityontheEnglishlanguage,Merriam-Websterdictionarieshadtakenonaroleofpublicresponsibilitydemandedoffewotherpublishingcompanies. Preface

    Explanatory Notes

    A Brief History of English Usage

    Pronunciation Symbols

    A Dictionary of English Usage

    Bibliography
  • 内容简介:
    AcriticallyacclaimedguidetoEnglishusage.Includesmorethan2,300entriespresentingthehistory,analysis,andrecommendationsregardingnotedusagecontroversies.Entriesareillustratedwithmorethan20,000quotationsfromprominentwriters.Objectiveandcomprehensive,Merriam-Webster'sDictionaryofEnglishUsageisareadableandentertainingguidetothecomplexhistoryofsomeofthethorniestusageissuesintheEnglishlanguage.Thescholarshipandauthorityofthisindispensaleworkhaveearnedituniversalcriticalacclaim.
  • 作者简介:
    TheMerriambrothersdesiredacontinuityofeditorshipthatwouldlinkNoahWebster'seffortswiththeirowneditions,sotheyselectedChaunceyA.Goodrich,Webster'sson-in-lawandliteraryheir,whohadbeentrainedinlexicographybyWebsterhimself,tobetheireditorinchief.Webster'ssonWilliamalsoservedasaneditorofthatfirstMerriam-Websterdictionary,whichwaspublishedonSeptember24,1847.

    AlthoughWebster'sworkwashonored,hisbigdictionarieshadneversoldwell.The1828editionwaspricedatawhopping$20;in13yearsits2,500copieshadnotsoldout.Similarly,the1841edition,onlyslightlymoreaffordableat$15,movedslowly.Assumingthatalowerpricewouldincreasesales,theMerriamsintroducedthe1847editionat$6,andalthoughWebster'sheirsinitiallyquestionedthismove,extraordinarysalesthatbroughtthem$250,000inroyaltiesovertheensuing25yearsconvincedthemthattheMerriams'decisionhadbeenabundantlysound.

    ThefirstMerriam-Websterdictionarywasgreetedwithwideacclaim.PresidentJamesK.Polk,GeneralZacharyTaylor(herooftheMexicanWarandlaterpresidenthimself),31U.S.senators,andotherprominentpeoplehaileditunreservedly.In1850itsacceptanceasaresourceforstudentsbeganwhenMassachusettsorderedacopyforeveryschoolandNewYorkplacedasimilarorderfor10,000copiestobeusedinschoolsthroughoutthestate.Eventuallyschoolusewouldspreadthroughoutthecountry.InbecomingAmerica'smosttrustedauthorityontheEnglishlanguage,Merriam-Websterdictionarieshadtakenonaroleofpublicresponsibilitydemandedoffewotherpublishingcompanies.
  • 目录:
    Preface

    Explanatory Notes

    A Brief History of English Usage

    Pronunciation Symbols

    A Dictionary of English Usage

    Bibliography
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