Samuel Johnson & the journey into words / Lynda Mugglestone.

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Mugglestone, Lynda [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2015Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780191669507
0191669504

Other title:

Samuel Johnson and the journey into words

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Samuel Johnson & the journey into words.DDC classification:

828/.609 23

LOC classification:

PR3534 .S29 2015eb

Other classification:

17.60
18.03
18.05
HK 2415
7,25

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Contents:

1. Journeys into words -- 2. Writing the Dictionary: departures and destinations -- 3.`Excursions into books': documenting the new world of words -- 4. The ordered state: power, authority, and the written word -- 5. Meaning, governance, and the `colours of words' -- 6. Defending the citadel, patrolling the borders -- 7. History and the flux of time -- 8. The praise of perfection.

Summary: Popular readings of Johnson as a dictionary-maker often depict him as a writer who both laments - and attempts to control - the state of the language. This book looks at the range of Johnson's writings on, and the complexity of his thinking about, language and lexicography, not least with reference to the difficulties of power when exerted over the 'sea of words'. Paying close attention to Johnson's attitudes to language change, loanwords, usage, spelling, history, and authority, this volume engages with the evolution of his ideas about the nature, purpose, and methods of lexicography.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Popular readings of Johnson as a dictionary-maker often depict him as a writer who both laments - and attempts to control - the state of the language. This book looks at the range of Johnson's writings on, and the complexity of his thinking about, language and lexicography, not least with reference to the difficulties of power when exerted over the 'sea of words'. Paying close attention to Johnson's attitudes to language change, loanwords, usage, spelling, history, and authority, this volume engages with the evolution of his ideas about the nature, purpose, and methods of lexicography.

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