Category: Experiences

by Shannon Bristol Shannon Bristol, an English major at the University of Central Florida, wrote this reflection for an internship during the Fall 2021 semester. Putting Johnson’s Dictionary online as an archive is important. Johnson’s dictionary had a wide reach throughout all English speaking countries, including America. It predates the (now more common in usage in America) Webster’s Dictionary, which...

by Symone R. Blount Symone R. Blount, a History major at the University of Central Florida, wrote this reflection for an independent study course during the Fall 2021 semester. Samuel Johnson is known as one of the greatest figures of life and letters. His work as a lexicographer and writer is why the eighteenth century is often regarded as the...

by Kayla Aranda Kayla Aranda, an English major at the University of Central Florida, wrote this reflection for an internship during the Fall 2021 semester. Johnson In the Modern World Now, it is more important than ever to completely digitize Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary. In a world where most people turn to googling a words definition or searching the internet for...

by Kristal Torres Kristal Torres wrote this reflection 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, he wrote poems, plays, essays and much more. Most notably Johnson wrote “A Dictionary of the English Language” and while dictionaries had been written before, none were...

by Justin Smith Justin Smith 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. Working on the Johnson’s Dictionary Online project, I learned how passion could make the most tedious work enjoyable and turn staring into pages of coding into something you look forward to....

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...