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JOHNSONS AND WEBSTERS VERBAL EXAMPLES - KUSUJIR...

This book analyses Noah Webster's and Samuel Johnson's use of verbal examples in their
dictionaries as a means of giving guidance on word usage. The author's major interest lies in
elucidating how uniquely Webster  who was originally a grammarian  made use of verbal examples.
In order to achieve this purpose  the author provides chapters based on types of entry words in
their functional contexts. Johnson's selection of sources of citations and the frequency of his
quoting citations tended to vary strongly according to the type of entry word  he also supplied
invented examples rather than citations when he thought it especially necessary to clarify the
use of a word. By contrast  with the exception of biblical ones  almost all of Webster's
citations were taken from Johnson's »Dictionary«. However  Webster significantly made full use
of such citations to express his view on word usage  which differs essentially from Johnson's.
Besides  Webster had a strong tendency to quote phrases and sentences from the Bible for the
same purpose.

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