Virginia TechShumsky, Neil Larry2014-02-212014-02-212008-03Shumsky, Neil Larry. "Noah Webster and the Invention of Immigration," New Eng. Quar. March 2008, Vol. 81, No. 1, Pages 126-135. doi:10.1162/tneq.2008.81.1.1260028-4866http://hdl.handle.net/10919/25496Like all lexicographers, Noah Webster built his dictionaries on the works of others. But in the case of the verb to immigrate and its derivatives, he coined a new definition, one that has had a profound impact on how Americans conceive of the phenomenon of immigration.application/pdfenIn CopyrightArticle - Refereedhttp://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/tneq.2008.81.1.126https://doi.org/10.1162/tneq.2008.81.1.126