Dissertations on the English Language, with Notes, Historical and Critical;

Name: Dissertations on the English Language, with Notes, Historical and Critical;
Author: Noah Webster

by Noah Webster

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Dissertations on the English Language, with Notes, Historical and Critical; to Which is Added, by Way of Appendix, an Essay on a Reformed Mode of Spelling, With Dr. Franklin's Arguments on that Subject

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Richard Tonsing, Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

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2014-05-24

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Public domain in the USA.

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English language -- Early works to 1800 Spelling reform -- Early works to 1800 English language -- Grammar -- Early works to 1800

About the author

Noah Webster

1758–1843

Best known for shaping the way Americans spell and define words, this pioneering teacher and lexicographer helped give the young United States its own linguistic identity. His blue-backed speller and landmark dictionary influenced generations of readers, students, and writers.

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