Cultural Persuasion in Lexicographical Space: Dictionaries as Site of Nineteenth-Century Epideictic Rhetoric

Ramsey, Shawn

doi:10.1080/07350198.2013.739494

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“…As Merriam-Webster's official website informs us, Noah Webster was a staunch believer of developing the cultural independence of the new United States of America ("Noah Webster and America's First Dictionary," n.d.). Moreover, Ramsey (2012) argues that in completing this dictionary Noah Webster was actually engaged in an epideictic discourse in an attempt to unify the American people.…”

Section: A Brief History Of English Orthographymentioning

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Canadian Culture and Orthographic Word Forms: A Survey of Cultural Identity and Spelling Preferences

Leblanc

2017

USURJ

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Unlike most English speech communities with well-established spelling standards, historically English-speaking Canada has been split between British and American standards (Gregg, 1989), or has in some cases combined the British and American spelling structures (Pratt, 1993). As any native speaker of Canadian English could attest, some American standard forms, such as jewelry or story, seem ready to replace their British counterparts in the Canadian spelling lexicon, along with much older cases such as curb or tire. On the other hand, some researchers (Heffernan, Borden, Erath and Yang, 2010; Lipski, 1973) have pointed out the hostility toward American spelling forms since historically anti-Americanism is present in the Canadian linguistic landscape (see Pratt, 1993). This paper reviews the spelling choices of 26 Saskatchewan university students with respect to a group of 25 words known to be spelt differently in British and American English. The results are then correlated with those from a survey on attitudes toward Canadian culture (see section 3.1.3) and with the results from a brief "regional spelling test" (see Appendix B). Two questions are explored. First, to what degree can a correlation be found between the participants' preferences for the British spelling standard and positive attitudes toward Canadian culture? Second, what relationship can be discovered between the participants’ spelling preferences and their knowledge of British and American spellings?

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Section: A Brief History Of English Orthographymentioning

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Canadian Culture and Orthographic Word Forms: A Survey of Cultural Identity and Spelling Preferences

Leblanc

2017

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The 1909Plan of Chicagoas Representative Anecdote: Constituting New Citizens for the Commercial American City

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Chambliss

2016

Rhetoric Review

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Recollecting Union: “Rebel Flags” and the Epideictic Vision of Washington's Farewell Address

Gaffey

2015

Western Journal of Communication

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In February 1862 numerous celebrations of George Washington's birthday commenced with ceremonial readings of the Farewell Address. With heightened public interest, Harper's Weekly published a flag display in its reporting of the event. This essay explores how the illustration functioned as an epideictic vision to reconstitute the meaning of the Farewell Address within the context of competing Civil War ideologies and disparate strategies of commemoration. Moreover, this study demonstrates how epideictic visions like the Harper's Weekly image work as public pedagogy that aid audiences in understanding the civic virtue relevant to ceremonial repetition.

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Cultural Persuasion in Lexicographical Space: Dictionaries as Site of Nineteenth-Century Epideictic Rhetoric

Cited by 3 publications

References 7 publications

Canadian Culture and Orthographic Word Forms: A Survey of Cultural Identity and Spelling Preferences

Canadian Culture and Orthographic Word Forms: A Survey of Cultural Identity and Spelling Preferences

The 1909Plan of Chicagoas Representative Anecdote: Constituting New Citizens for the Commercial American City

Recollecting Union: “Rebel Flags” and the Epideictic Vision of Washington's Farewell Address

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