Category: Backstage

by Jack Scheidhauer Jack Scheidhauer, an English major at the University of Central Florida, began working on this project as a volunteer in early 2020. He wrote this reflection for LIN 4660 Linguistics and Literature during the Spring 2021 semester. Why is Johnson’s Dictionary worth putting online? The importance of having Johnson’s dictionary online lies in having the historical meanings...

by Haley Woods Haley Woods, an English major at the University of Central Florida, wrote this reflection for an internship during the Fall 2021 semester. Throughout my experiences at UCF, I’ve never been so lucky to participate in a wonderful internship opportunity like this. My name is Haley Woods, I’m a Sophomore at UCF, and by engaging in this wonderful...

by Gabrielle Santiago Gabrielle Santiago wrote this reflection after enrolling in LIN 4660 Linguistics and Literature at the University of Central Florida during the Spring 2021 semester. She also worked on the project as a volunteer during Fall 2021. Who is Samuel Johnson? Samuel Johnson was a writer best known for creating the Dictionary of the English Language on April...

by Al Whitt Al Whitt, an English major at the University of Central Florida, wrote this reflection for an internship during the Fall 2021 semester. Working on Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary Online was a surprising enterprise into classic English literature at the perfect time for me. I’ve never been particularly interested in English literature, as I lumped it all into the...

by Kathleen Elaine Johnson Kathleen Elaine Johnson worked on Johnson’s Dictionary Online while enrolled in LIN 4660 Linguistics and Literature at the University of Central Florida during the Spring 2021 semester. Samuel Johnson was an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature through his poetry, plays, essays, literary analyses, and well know dictionary. He is most notable as...

by Paul Ricardo Small, Jr. Paul Small, an English major at the University of Central Florida, wrote this reflection for an internship during the Fall 2021 semester. For this SJDictionary Project,  I was a proofreader. As a proofreader I would: Go to the tracking spreadsheet (link shared separately) and find your initials in the “Assigned to (1)” column and look...

by Sarai Duque Sarai Duque worked on Johnson’s Dictionary Online while enrolled in LIN 4660 Linguistics and Literature at the University of Central Florida during the Spring 2021 semester. Who is Samuel Johnson? Samuel Johnson was a writer in the mid-1700s who created “the first great dictionary of English” (per Henry Hitchings). Johnson created this dictionary in an attempt to...

by John Rose John Rose, a History major at the University of Central Florida, wrote this reflection for an independent study course during the Fall 2021 semester. The following is a short refection on my time during the Fall semester, 2021, at the University of Central Florida as a proofreader with the Johnson’s Dictionary Online Project. Johnson and his dictionary...

by Margie Margie worked on Johnson’s Dictionary Online while enrolled in LIN 4660 Linguistics and Literature at the University of Central Florida during the Spring 2021 semester. When I first signed up for this class, I was expecting it to be a boring class, where I had to read the dictionary and then write a paper about what I read...

by Maria Gabriela Muratti Maria Gabriela Muratti, a History major at the University of Central Florida, wrote this reflection for an independent study course during the Fall 2021 semester. Johnson popularized dictionaries by convincing readers that the proper growth of the human intellect necessitated the use of a dictionary, ideally his Dictionary, not only as a reference tool but as...