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In 1806, Webster published his first dictionary, [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Compendious_Dictionary_of_the_English_Language ''A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language''].
In 1806, Webster published his first dictionary, [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Compendious_Dictionary_of_the_English_Language ''A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language''].
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The following year, at the age of 43, Webster began writing an expanded and comprehensive dictionary, ''An American Dictionary of the English Language'', which took 27 years to complete. To supplement the documentation of the etymology of the words, Webster studied two dozen languages, including Anglo-Saxon and Sanskrit. Webster hoped to standardize American speech, since Americans in different parts of the country spelled, pronounced, and used words differently.
The following year, at the age of 43, Webster began writing an expanded and comprehensive dictionary, ''An American Dictionary of the English Language'', which took 27 years to complete. To supplement the documentation of the etymology of the words, Webster studied two dozen languages, including Anglo-Saxon and Sanskrit. Webster hoped to standardize American speech, since Americans in different parts of the country spelled, pronounced, and used words differently.
==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
* "Noah Webster" in ''The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes'' (1907–21). vol 18 section 25:33 [http://www.bartleby.com/228/0233.html online edition]
* "Noah Webster" in ''The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes'' (1907–21). vol 18 section 25:33 [http://www.bartleby.com/228/0233.html online edition]
* Bynack, Vincent P. "Noah Webster and the Idea of a National Culture: the Pathologies of Epistemology." ''Journal of the History of Ideas'' 1984 45(1): 99-114. Issn: 0022-5037 [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-5037%28198401%2F03%2945%3A1%3C99%3ANWLTAT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Y Fulltext in Jstor]
* Bynack, Vincent P. "Noah Webster and the Idea of a National Culture: the Pathologies of Epistemology." ''Journal of the History of Ideas'' (1984) 45(1): 99-114. Issn: 0022-5037 [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-5037%28198401%2F03%2945%3A1%3C99%3ANWLTAT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Y Fulltext in Jstor]
* Ellis, Joseph J. ''After the Revolution: Profiles of Early American Culture'' 1979. chapter 6, interpretive essay [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=101499638 online edition]
* Ellis, Joseph J. ''After the Revolution: Profiles of Early American Culture'' (1979). chapter 6, interpretive essay [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=101499638 online edition]
* Gallardo, Andres. "The Standardization of American English." PhD dissertation State U. of New York, Buffalo 1980. 367 pp. DAI 1981 41(8): 3557-A. 8104193, focused on Webster's dictionary
* Gallardo, Andres. "The Standardization of American English." PhD dissertation State U. of New York, Buffalo 1980. 367 pp. DAI 1981 41(8): 3557-A. 8104193, focused on Webster's dictionary
* Lepore, Jill. "Noah's Mark: Webster and the original dictionary wars." ''The New Yorker,'' (November 6, 2006). 78-87.
* Lepore, Jill. "Noah's Mark: Webster and the original dictionary wars." ''The New Yorker,'' (November 6, 2006). 78-87.