…The editor was a school teacher named Samuel Johnson, who coincidentally shared the same name as the British Dr. Johnson. From the late 18th century to the early 19th century, several English dictionaries were published that paid some attention to words and meanings unique to America, but the most serious dictionary comparable to Dr. Johnson's was the two-volume American Dictionary of the English Language (1828) edited by N. Webster, who was already renowned for his spelling textbooks. It contained about 70,000 words, words, meanings, and usages unique to America, many examples were quoted from American works, and a rational spelling system was used, making it the forerunner of English dictionaries in America. … *Some of the terminology explanations that mention the "American Dictionary of English" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…編者は,奇しくもイギリスのジョンソン博士と同姓同名のサミュエル・ジョンソンという学校教師であった。その後18世紀末から19世紀初にかけて,アメリカに特有の語や語義に多少とも注意を払った英語辞典が数種刊行されたが,ジョンソン博士のものに匹敵する本格的辞典は,すでに綴字教本等で声名の高かったN.ウェブスター編《アメリカ英語辞典》2巻(1828)である。収録語数約7万,アメリカ特有の語や語義・用法を収め,用例もアメリカ人の著作から多数引用し,合理的な綴字法を採用するなど,アメリカにおける英語辞典の先駆となった。… ※「《アメリカ英語辞典》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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