Johnson's and Webster's Verbal Examples

Johnson's and Webster's Verbal Examples
Title Johnson's and Webster's Verbal Examples PDF eBook
Author Kusujiro Miyoshi
Publisher Walter de Gruyter
Pages 237
Release 2008-12-19
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 3484970936

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This book analyses Noah Webster's and Samuel Johnson's use of verbal examples in their dictionaries as a means of giving guidance on word usage. The author's major interest lies in elucidating how uniquely Webster, who was originally a grammarian, made use of verbal examples. In order to achieve this purpose, the author provides chapters based on types of entry words in their functional contexts. Johnson's selection of sources of citations and the frequency of his quoting citations tended to vary strongly according to the type of entry word; he also supplied invented examples rather than citations when he thought it especially necessary to clarify the use of a word. By contrast, with the exception of biblical ones, almost all of Webster's citations were taken from Johnson's »Dictionary«. However, Webster significantly made full use of such citations to express his view on word usage, which differs essentially from Johnson's. Besides, Webster had a strong tendency to quote phrases and sentences from the Bible for the same purpose.

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Title Dictionaries PDF eBook
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Pages 522
Release 2007
Genre Lexicography
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Title Language PDF eBook
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Title English and American Studies in German PDF eBook
Author Paul Georg Meyer
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Release 2007
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ISBN 9783484431065

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Title The Popular American Dictionary, on the Basis of Webster, Worcester, Johnson, and the Most Eminent English and American Authorities, [containing Over 32,000 Words ...] PDF eBook
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Title Philological Quarterly PDF eBook
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Genre Classical philology
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Index to Theses with Abstracts Accepted for Higher Degrees by the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland and the Council for National Academic Awards

Index to Theses with Abstracts Accepted for Higher Degrees by the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland and the Council for National Academic Awards
Title Index to Theses with Abstracts Accepted for Higher Degrees by the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland and the Council for National Academic Awards PDF eBook
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Pages 356
Release 2006
Genre Dissertations, Academic
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