Category: Experiences

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...

by Courtney Campbell Courtney Campbell 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 first registering for this course, I did not know what we would do besides learning about Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary. To my delightful surprise, I was a part of converting the...

by Wesley Morrison Wesley Morrison, an English major at the University of Central Florida, wrote this reflection for an internship during the Fall 2021 semester. Samuel Johnson was a writer in the 1700’s who is primarily responsible for the creation of the first dictionary for the English language. Personally, I think putting this dictionary accessible online for everyone to use...

by Brianna Bradley After working on Samuel Johnson’s A Dictionary of the English Language for a semester, I have gained a better understanding of the power of words and the significance of the digital humanities. Samuel Johnson’s A Dictionary of the English Language  Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was an English writer and lexicographer who set out to create the first authoritative...

by Jamie Montgomery Jamie Montgomery, an English major at the University of Central Florida, wrote this reflection for an internship during the Fall 2021 semester. All I knew about Samuel Johnson before beginning this project was his brief viral-dom as the founding-father-looking-guy squinting in blank puzzlement at his newspaper. Didn’t even know his name. Probably saw a meme a few...

by Charlotte Bergholz Charlotte Bergholz 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. As I was looking to sign up for the final Linguistics class I needed to complete my Linguistics minor, I initially didn’t sign up for LIN 4660. I thought to myself,...