Samuel Johnson & the journey into words /

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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 refer...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mugglestone, Lynda (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Johnson, Samuel, > 1709-1784 > Criticism and interpretation.
Johnson, Samuel, > 1709-1784
Johnson, Samuel > 1709-1784
Johnson, Samuel, > 1709-1784 > Lexicography.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Sprachgebrauch
Lexikografie
Lexicographers > Great Britain > Biography.
Litterär stil > historia.
Språk i litteraturen.
Lexikografer.
Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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