A friend in need is a friend indeed,” says a Latin proverb and according to me it aptly defines ‘dictionary’. There are many ways through which a person can find out more about words, but the best one ...

Discover the story behind the critical milestone in American linguistics. Learn why a distinct dictionary was essential for ...

etc., etc. By NOAH WEBSTER, LL. D. Revised and enlarged by CHAUNCEY A. GOODRICH, Professor in Yale College. Springfield, Mass. : G. & C. Merriam, 1859. pp. ccxxxvi ...

A new dictionary of a unique Indigenous language in Cape York has been published — the first in more than 20 years. Flemish researcher, Professor Jean-Cristophe Verstraete worked on the dictionary for ...

The dictionary uses the Cundeelee Wangka language, a dialect of Pitjantjatjarra It contains 3,500 words A second edition is already in development and will include an additional 8,000 words The ...

A language once carried only through conversation is now being preserved for future generations in a second edition ...

The great lexicographers understood that a worthy dictionary was descriptive, not prescriptive. It would simply record what we’ve already agreed upon socially You can save this article by registering ...

French language lovers could celebrate International Francophonie Day on Saturday with a new online interactive dictionary. Rolled out by the French government, it reflects not only the language’s ...

Efforts to preserve the Timugon Murut language have reached a new milestone with the launch of an online dictionary last month. Language activist Rita Lasimbang said the dictionary was added to the ...

Without a blush, Publisher Bennett Cerf predicted last week that while Samuel Johnson was the great lexicog rapher of the 18th century and Noah Webster of the 19th, Random House will be the best of ...

The team behind Shabdakalpa, anchored at the School of Cultural Texts and Records in Jadavpur University, believes that it would be the first historical dictionary for a non-Latin script, tracing the ...