The Philosophy Behind the First American Dictionary In 1789, Noah Webster called on the newly independent United States to claim its own national version of the English language. By Peter Martin ...

The classical music pronunciation dictionary includes a PDF for each letter of the alphabet. Although imperfect and far from complete, there are 30,000 entries, A to Z, ...

A three-year research project to create The Oxford Dictionary of African American English will be led by Henry Louis Gates,Jr. Skip to content. ... pronunciation, spelling, usage and history.

Mr. Morse discussed [Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of American Writers] and [Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition]. Mr. Morse explored dictionary-making in America, how language ...

An exclusive look at a dictionary consisting entirely of words created or reinvented by Black people. (Don’t worry: All three variants of “bussin” are included.) By Sandra E. Garcia In a ...