Johnson's Influence on Webster and Worcester in Early American Lexicography

Author: Landau, Sidney I.

Source: International Journal of Lexicography, Volume 18, Number 2, 1 June 2005 , pp. 217-229(13)

Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Abstract:

Always competitive, Webster sought to supplant Johnson as the preeminent lexicographer of the English language. This paper, focusing on the treatment of a few representative phrasal verbs, concludes that both Webster's and Worcester's early dictionaries followed Johnson's closely, but Webster demonstrated more originality and introduced innovations in methodology that anticipated mainstream dictionary practice in twentieth-century America.

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Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1093/ijl/eci022

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