American Heritage English Dictionary

Japanese: 《アメリカン・ヘリティッジ英語辞典》 - あめりかんへりてぃっじえいごじてん
American Heritage English Dictionary

... The third edition of Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language, published in 1961, was based on the theory of structural linguistics and accepted many idioms that had been considered misused in the past, from the standpoint of descriptive theory, which said that "a dictionary should describe the reality of language as it is, not provide norms." In response to this, the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (1969, revised edition 1982) took the lead in the anti-Webster movement, proclaiming the editorial philosophy that "a dictionary, as the custodian of a language, should be a guide that gives the language precision and refinement." This issue of "objective descriptiveness" versus "normativeness" is often an issue in the process of dictionary editing. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention the "American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language" are listed below.

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Japanese:

… 上記1961年出版の《ウェブスター新国際英語辞典》第3版は構造言語学の理論を背景とし,〈辞書は言語の現実をありのままに記述すべきで,規範を与えるべきものではない〉という記述主義の立場から,従来誤用とされていた語法を少なからず容認した。これに対して〈辞書は言語の管理者としてその言語に表現の正確さとともに洗練を与える導きとなるべきである〉との編集理念を掲げて,反《ウェブスター》の先頭に立ったのが《アメリカン・ヘリティッジ英語辞典》(1969,改訂版1982)である。この〈客観的記述性〉対〈規範性〉は,辞書編集の過程でしばしば問題となるものである。…

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