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Articles with keyword "Lexicography"

Battercake

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Words of America

The final volume of the Dictionary of American Regional English approaches

Image of definition of "aint" from Webster's Second.

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Ain’t That the Truth

Webster's Third: The Most Controversial Dictionary in the English Language.

Samuel Johnson's 1755 Dictionary

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What Samuel Johnson Really Did

He made dictionaries matter.

Image of Beowulf manuscript.

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Violent But Charming

The Dictionary of Old English explores the brutality and elegance of our ancestral tongue.