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13 Cards in this Set
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Samuel Johnson’s Dictionaryof the English Language |
(1755)(first real comprehensive dictionary/prescriptive) |
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Noah Webster’s American Dictionary of theEnglish Language
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(1828)(first“American” dictionary/prescriptive)
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Oxford English Dictionary
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(1928)Firstdescriptivedictionary/includesetymologies)
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Merriam-Webster’s Third New InternationalDictionary
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(1961)descriptivedictionarypublished in US/scandal because of words included/backlash brought forth thetwo belowon
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Random House Dictionary of the EnglishLanguage
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(1966)prescriptive/simplyleaves out offensive words
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American Heritage Dictionary
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(1969); prescriptive/employsa Usage Panel
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Prescriptive dictionaries
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prescribe (give advice) on how to usewords
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Descriptive dictionaries
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describe how people actually use thelanguage
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Learner’sdictionaries
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designed for non-native speakers ofEnglish and try to give information on usage for non-native speakers
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Abridgeddictionaries
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shorter, less complicated
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Unabridged dictionaries
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The fullest, mostcomprehensivedictionaries
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International dictionaries |
International Dictionaries seek to coverthe English of all English speakers in the world
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U.S. English Dictionaries
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dictionaries cover the English of theUnited States.
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