Webster's Dictionary of English Usage 韦伯斯特英语用法词典

图书标准信息

• 作者 Merriam-Webster 著
• 出版社 Merriam Webster
• 出版时间 1994-11
• ISBN 9780877791324
• 定价 236.90元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 996页
• 正文语种 英语

【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