Noah Webster
Dictionary's famous compiler
Noah Webster was an American lexicographer whose 1828 *American Dictionary of the English Language* established distinctive American spellings—*color* for *colour*, *center* for *centre*, *defense* for *defence*.
His name became synonymous with dictionaries themselves: Look it up in Webster's.
Webster believed a national language required national standards, and his spelling reforms helped differentiate American English from British.
From the U.S.
- FederalistConstitutional ratification supporter
- patriotDevoted country supporter
- ConnecticutNortheastern American state
- YaleIvy League institution
Enlightenment · founder · nationalism · Founding Father · journalist · editor · pamphleteer · lawyer
Alphabetical word reference
- lexiconVocabulary of a language
- definitionsStated meanings of terms
- entriesItems logged or submitted
- meaningsWhat things signify
etymology · thesaurus · glossary · synonyms · antonyms · pronunciation · usage · reference
Language's structural rules
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- usageAct of employing something
Americanism · dialect · vernacular · language development · neologism · cognate · linguistic · American English
Educational program's content plan
- textbookAcademic subject manual
- schoolPlace of instruction
- teachingProfession of instructing others
- pedagogyArt of instruction
literacy · instruction · elementary · academic · scholarly · primer · reader · learning
Standard writing conventions
- spelling bookOrthography instruction text
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
- simplificationMaking something less complex
- AmericanizationAdopting US cultural norms
reform · color · honor · theater · center · phonetic · primer · syllable
American
From the U.S.
- FederalistConstitutional ratification supporter
- patriotDevoted country supporter
- ConnecticutNortheastern American state
Yale · Enlightenment · founder · nationalism · Founding Father · journalist · editor · pamphleteer · lawyer · New Haven
dictionary
Alphabetical word reference
- lexiconVocabulary of a language
- definitionsStated meanings of terms
- entriesItems logged or submitted
meanings · etymology · thesaurus · glossary · synonyms · antonyms · pronunciation · usage · reference · compendium
grammar
Language's structural rules
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- phonologyScience of language sounds
usage · Americanism · dialect · vernacular · language development · neologism · cognate · linguistic · American English · British English
curriculum
Educational program's content plan
pedagogy · literacy · instruction · elementary · academic · scholarly · primer · reader · learning · copyright law
orthography
Standard writing conventions
- spelling bookOrthography instruction text
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
- simplificationMaking something less complex
Americanization · reform · color · honor · theater · center · phonetic · primer · syllable · pronunciation guide
- Early American LiteratureBenjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, Washington Irving, Common Sense
- Lexicographers
- philologistsphilologists, linguists, grammarians, etymologists, classicists
- spellingspelling, spelling rules, spelling patterns, spelling errors, spelling conventions
- Language Shaperssimplifiers, orthographers, Sequoyah, lexicographers, purists
- Yale AlumniBill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, George W. Bush, Gerald Ford, John Kerry
Noah WebsterOxford English Dictionary
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