Merriam-Webster publishes a learner's dictionary

Merriam-Webster Inc., the Springfield arbiter of nouns, verbs, and other parts of speech, announced this month's publication of Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - a dictionary designed to help advanced students of English as a second language.

"The creation of Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's English Dictionary reflects the reality that English has become an international language and that American English, in particular, is now being used and studied every day by millions of people around the world."," John M. Morse, Merriam-Webster's publisher and president, said in a statement.

(The Globe 2003 file photo to the right shows a senior clerk at Merriam-Webster filing a citation.)

The Advanced Learner's English Dictionary has a suggested retail price of about $35, the company said.

Merriam-Webster acquired the rights to revise and publish Noah Webster's dictionaries in 1843; since then, it says it has maintained an ongoing commitment to innovation, scholarship, and love of language.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff. File photo: Michele McDonald, Globe staff.)