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Samuel Johnson and the Journey into Words
Lynda Mugglestone
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Description for Samuel Johnson and the Journey into Words
Hardback. This book looks at the range of Johnson's writings on, and the complexity of his thinking about, language and lexicography. It casts new light on Johnson's life in language provides a convincing reassessment of his impact on English culture, the making of dictionaries, and their role in a nation's identity. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: CFM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
Popular readings of Johnson as a dictionary-maker often see him as a writer who both laments and attempts to control the state of the language. Lynda Mugglestone looks at the range of Johnson's writings on, and the complexity of his thinking about, language and lexicography. She shows how these reveal him probing problems not just of meaning and use but what he considered the related issues of control, obedience, and justice, as well as the difficulties of power when exerted over the 'sea of words'. She examines his attitudes to language change, loan words, spelling, history, and authority, describing, too, ... Read more
Popular readings of Johnson as a dictionary-maker often see him as a writer who both laments and attempts to control the state of the language. Lynda Mugglestone looks at the range of Johnson's writings on, and the complexity of his thinking about, language and lexicography. She shows how these reveal him probing problems not just of meaning and use but what he considered the related issues of control, obedience, and justice, as well as the difficulties of power when exerted over the 'sea of words'. She examines his attitudes to language change, loan words, spelling, history, and authority, describing, too, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
500g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199679904
SKU
V9780199679904
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About Lynda Mugglestone
Lynda Mugglestone is Professor of the History of English and Fellow and Tutor in English at Pembroke College. She is the editor of Lexicography and the OED (OUP 2002),The Oxford History of English (OUP 2006, 2nd edn 2012) and, with Freya Johnston, of Samuel Johnson: The Arc of the Pendulum (OUP 2012). Her books include Talking Proper: The Rise of ... Read more
Reviews for Samuel Johnson and the Journey into Words
This is a fascinating study of Johnson, which reopens areas of investigation that have long since seemed closed. This is a book for students of Johnson or the eighteenth century at any level.
George E. Haggerty, SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900
The book is acutely historically aware and deeply serious
Min Wild, Times Literary Supplement
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George E. Haggerty, SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900
The book is acutely historically aware and deeply serious
Min Wild, Times Literary Supplement
... Read more