TY  - EJOUR
A1  - Béjoint, Henri
TI  - L’orthographe de la langue anglaise, les lexicographes et les dictionnaires
T2  - Cahiers de lexicologie 2010 – 2, n° 97. Dictionnaires et orthographe
JO  - Cahiers de lexicologie (ISSN 2262-0346), 97, 2010 – 2
DO  - 10.15122/isbn.978-2-8124-4144-8.p.0067
SN  - 2262-0346
SP  - 67
EP  - 91
AB  - Dictionaries can play
a part in the standardization of the spelling of a language, because lexicographers must
choose among the variants and their choices are often interpreted as the norm by the
dictionary users. In France, the dictionaries have been instruments for the dissemination of
the preferences of the political authorities and of the Academy. But in England dictionaries
have been compiled by independent authors and they have always been content with the
description of usage. As a consequence they have had little influence on the evolution
of spelling, despite the prestige of such lexicographers as Samuel Johnson or of such
dictionaries as the Oxford English Dictionary. In the United States, the people needed
norms and rules, and Noah Webster was able to suggest new spellings that became the
norm through his dictionaries and a few others, with the help of spelling manuals and of
teachers for whom the question of spelling was important. English spelling is the result
of the mixing of the French and the Saxon traditions, together with a sprinkling of Greek
and Latin, and it now has two distinct standards, one British and the other American, with
variations within each standard, particularly in England. Dictionaries have played very
different roles in the construction of those two norms.
PY  - 2010
DA  - 2010/12/16
DP  - Classiques Garnier
PB  - Classiques Garnier
CY  - Paris
LA  - fre
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Y2  - 2025/12/07
ER  -