“A Dictionary Which We Do Not Want”: Defining America against Noah Webster, 1783–1810
“A Dictionary Which We Do Not Want”: Defining America against Noah Webster, 1783–1810
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Williamsburg: The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
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Williamsburg: The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
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Noah Webster has usually been understood as a cultural nationalist whose advocacy of an
“American-English” language helped to unify the fledgling American
republic after the Revolution. That understanding, however, elides the overwhelmingly bad reception
of Webster and his linguistic ideas in the early national United States. Even as Webst...
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“A Dictionary Which We Do Not Want”: Defining America against Noah Webster, 1783–1810
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1527458389
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1527458389
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0043-5597
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1933-7698
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10.5309/willmaryquar.71.2.0229
