Preface to a Dictionary of the English Language

Preface to a Dictionary of the English Language PDF Author: Samuel Johnson
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781511931311
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Pages : 28

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"Preface to a Dictionary of the English Language" from Samuel Johnson. English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer (1709-1784).

Preface to a Dictionary of the English Language

Preface to a Dictionary of the English Language PDF Author: Samuel Johnson
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781511931311
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Languages : en
Pages : 28

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"Preface to a Dictionary of the English Language" from Samuel Johnson. English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer (1709-1784).

Preface

Preface PDF Author: William Shakespeare
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Pages : 494

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Preface to a Dictionary of the English Language

Preface to a Dictionary of the English Language PDF Author: Samuel Johnson
Publisher: DigiCat
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44

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A Dictionary of the English Language, sometimes published as Johnson's Dictionary, was published on 15 April 1755 and written by Samuel Johnson. It is among the most influential dictionaries in the history of the English language. According to Walter Jackson Bate, the Dictionary "easily ranks as one of the greatest single achievements of scholarship, and probably the greatest ever performed by one individual who labored under anything like the disadvantages in a comparable length of time".

A Dictionary of the English Language

A Dictionary of the English Language PDF Author: Samuel Johnson
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1234

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An American Dictionary of the English Language

An American Dictionary of the English Language PDF Author: Noah Webster
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1122

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Dictionary of Newfoundland English

Dictionary of Newfoundland English PDF Author: W.J. Kirwin
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442690658
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 858

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The Dictionary of Newfoundland English, first published in 1982 to regional, national, and international acclaim, is a historical dictionary that gives the pronunciations and definitions for words that the editors have called "Newfoundland English." The varieties of English spoken in Newfoundland date back four centuries, mainly to the early seventeenth-century migratory English fishermen of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, and Somerset, and to the seventeenth- to the nineteenth-century immigrants chiefly from southeastern Ireland. Culled from a vast reading of books, newspapers, and magazines, this book is the most sustained reading ever undertaken of the written words of this province. The dictionary gives not only the meaning of words, but also presents each word with its variant spellings. Moreover, each definition is succeeded by an all-important quotation of usage which illustrates the typical context in which word is used. This well-researched, impressive work of scholarship illustrates how words and phrases have evolved and are used in everyday speech and writing in a specific geographical area. The Dictionary of Newfoundland English is one of the most important, comprehensive, and thorough works dealing with Newfoundland. Its publication, a great addition to Newfoundlandia, Canadiana, and lexicography, provides more than a regional lexicon. In fact, this entertaining and delightful book presents a panoramic view of the social, cultural, and natural history, as well as the geography and economics, of the quintessential lifestyle of one of Canada's oldest European-settled areas. This second edition contains a supplement offering approximately 1500 new or expanded entries, an increase of more than 30 per cent over the first edition. Besides new words, the supplement includes modified and additional senses of old words and fresh derivations and usages.

The Dictionary Wars

The Dictionary Wars PDF Author: Peter Martin
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691210179
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370

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Peter Martin recounts the patriotic fervor in the early American republic to produce a definitive national dictionary that would rival Samuel Johnson's 1755 Dictionary of the English Language. But what began as a cultural war of independence from Britain devolved into a battle among lexicographers, authors, scholars, and publishers, all vying for dictionary supremacy and shattering forever the dream of a unified American language.

A Dictionary Of The English Language; In Which The Words Are Deduced From Their Originals; And Illustrated In Their Different Significations, By Examples From The Best Writers: Together With A History of the Language, and an English Grammar

A Dictionary Of The English Language; In Which The Words Are Deduced From Their Originals; And Illustrated In Their Different Significations, By Examples From The Best Writers: Together With A History of the Language, and an English Grammar PDF Author: Samuel Johnson
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1100

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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language PDF Author: Samuel Johnson
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 870

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The Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language

The Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language PDF Author: Samuel Johnson
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 44

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