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A dictionary of American-English usage, based on Fowler's Modern English usage. by Nicholson, Margaret(Lexicographer)(CARDINAL)898424;
Subjects: Dictionaries.; Americanisms.; English language;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
On-line resources: https://digitization.ncpedia.org/digitization/request/request.php?tcn=10066421 -- Request online version;
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The lexicographer's dilemma : the evolution of "proper" English, from Shakespeare to South Park / by Lynch, Jack(John T.)(CARDINAL)659981;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Vulgarities of speech: homo sapiens learns to speak -- The age in which I live: John Dryden revises his works -- Proper words in proper places: Jonathan Swift demands an academy -- Enchaining syllables, lashing the wind: Samuel Johnson lays down the law -- The art of using words properly: Joseph Priestley seeks genuine and established principles -- The people in these states: Noah Webster Americanizes the language -- Words, words, words: James Murray surveys anglicity -- The taste and fancy of the speller: George Bernard Shaw rewrites the ABCs -- Direct, simple, brief, vigorous, and lucid: Henry Watson Fowler shows the way -- Sabotage in Springfield: Philip Gove stokes the flames -- Expletive deleted: George Carlin vexes the censors -- Grammar, and nonsense, and learning: we look to the future.
Subjects: English language; English language; English language; English language;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Cinderella = Sindarilā :English-Urdu / by Rahman, S. A.(Lexicographer),translator.(CARDINAL)789548;
A mistreated kitchen maid, with the help of her fairy godmother, attends the palace ball on the condition that she leave before midnight.
Subjects: Fairy tales.; Cinderella (Legendary character); Folklore; Bilingual books; Cinderella (Tale);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Little Red Riding Hood = Chūṭī k̲h̲ubsurat lāl parī :English-Urdu / by Rahman, S. A.(Lexicographer),translator.(CARDINAL)789548;
A sweet little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest while on her way to visit her grandmother.
Subjects: Fairy tales.; Folklore; Little Red Riding Hood (Tale); Bilingual books;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Snow White and the seven dwarfs = Snu vhāʼiṭ aur sāt bonay :English-Urdu / by Rahman, S. A.(Lexicographer),translator.(CARDINAL)789548;
A beautiful princess endures the murderous rage of her wicked stepmother with the help of seven kindly little men.
Subjects: Fairy tales.; Fiction.; Folklore; Snow White (Tale); Bilingual books;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The broken teaglass : a novel / by Arsenault, Emily.(CARDINAL)343495;
While flirting with each other to ease the boredom of working as dictionary updaters, Billy Webb and Mona Minot discover that someone has been lacing their dictionary files with clues to a long-unsolved murder.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Lexicographers;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 11
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The broken teaglass [large print] / by Arsenault, Emily.(CARDINAL)343495;
The dusty files of a venerable dictionary publisher, a hidden cache of coded clues, a story written by a phantom author, an unsolved murder in a gritty urban park, all collide memorably in Emily Arsenault's magnificent debut, at once a teasing literary puzzle, an ingenious suspense novel, and an exploration of definitions: of words, of who we are, and of the stories we choose to define us.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Large print books.; Lexicographers;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 5
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The broken teaglass : a novel / by Arsenault, Emily.(CARDINAL)343495;
"In the maze of cubicles at Samuelson Company, editors toil away in silence, studying the English language, poring over new expressions and freshly coined words - all in preparation for the next new edition of the Samuelson Dictionary. Among them is editorial assistant Billy Webb, just out of college, struggling to stay awake and appear competent. But there are a few distractions. His intriguing co-worker Mona Minot may or may not be flirting with him. And he's starting to sense that something suspicious is going on beneath this company's academic facade."."Mona has just made a startling discovery: a trove of puzzling citations, all taken from the same book, The Broken Teaglass. Billy and Mona soon learn that no such book exists. And the quotations from it are far too long, twisting, and bizarre for any dictionary. They read like a confession, coyly hinting at a hidden identity, a secret liaison, a crime. As Billy and Mona ransack the office files, a chilling story begins to emerge: a story about a lonely young woman, a long-unsolved mystery, a moment of shattering violence. And as they piece together its fragments, the puzzle begins to take on bigger personal meaning for both of them, compelling them to redefine their notions of themselves and each other."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Fiction.; Lexicographers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Noah Webster & his words / by Ferris, Jeri.(CARDINAL)766461; Kirsch, Vincent X.,illustrator.(CARDINAL)490075;
Includes bibliographical references.Junior Library GuildA portrait of the man who wrote the first U.S. dictionary traces his youth as a bookish Connecticut farm boy and his twenty-year effort to write the all-American dictionary that was published in 1828 when he was seventy years old.7-11.2-6.820LAccelerated Reader ARA Junior Library Guild selection
Subjects: Biographies.; Picture books.; Webster, Noah, 1758-1843.; Webster, Noah, 1758-1843; Educators; Educators; Educators; Lexicographers; Lexicographers; Lexicographers;
Available copies: 13 / Total copies: 14
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Noah Webster and his words / by Ferris, Jeri.(CARDINAL)766461; Kirsch, Vincent X.,illustrator.(CARDINAL)490075;
Includes bibliographical references.A portrait of the man who wrote the first U.S. dictionary traces his youth as a bookish Connecticut farm boy and his twenty-year effort to write the all-American dictionary that was published in 1828 when he was seventy years old.820LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Webster, Noah, 1758-1843; Educators; Educators; Lexicographers; Lexicographers;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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