Johnson's Dictionary Online

by Hannah Faith Benton Samuel Johnson and one of his most famous works are the sole reason this project exists. Throughout his life in the 18th century, Johnson was a distinguished writer who made lasting contributions in various literary outlets from poems to plays. It comes as no surprise that this remarkable writer became the father of A Dictionary of...

by Katherine Weiss Samuel Johnson and His Dictionary of the English Language As Spring 2023 comes to a close, so does my second semester as a Samuel Johnson Dictionary Project team member. In the Fall, I served as a volunteer, dipping my toes into Johnson’s world as I proofread and quotation-matched. In the Spring, I became a full-fledged team member,...

by Tanner Slinkard Throughout LIN 4660, I and several other students were tasked to archive a classic dictionary – the 1773 edition – made by Samuel Johnson and headed by Dr. Beth Young. The project itself was so far a success and was intriguing for me and many others who partook in this endeavor. However, the work in question, although...

by Danae Stafford This is my second semester working on this project and my second reflection post. My first semester with the dictionary was very fulfilling, and I knew I wanted to keep up with it beyond those first sixteen weeks. I was very grateful to be able to return to the project, not only because I needed the credits...

by Iván Ramírez Sánchez In the following lines I will try to give some justification for such a grandiloquent title, but it does reflect a reality that we tend to overlook, especially before delving into lexicography. Samuel Johnson was a brilliant mind who possessed what has been said of some Spanish lexicographers: “ardor intellectual” (intellectual ardor), which means that they...