A Dictionary of the English Language

E273939

book dictionary reference work

A Dictionary of the English Language is Samuel Johnson’s landmark 18th-century English dictionary, renowned for its scholarly authority, rich literary quotations, and lasting influence on lexicography.

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Label	Occurrences
A Dictionary of the English Language canonical	4
Dictionary of the English Language	1
Johnson’s Dictionary	1
Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language	1
Samuel Johnson’s A Dictionary of the English Language	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ dictionary ⓘ reference work ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	A Dictionary of the English Language ⓘ surface form: Johnson’s Dictionary
author	Samuel Johnson ⓘ
commissionedBy	London booksellers ⓘ
compilationDuration	about nine years ⓘ
compilationEndYear	1755 ⓘ
compilationStartYear	1746 ⓘ
compiler	Samuel Johnson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
field	lexicography ⓘ
genre	dictionary ⓘ
hasEdition	first edition 1755 ⓘ later revised editions in the 18th century ⓘ
hasFeature	etymological notes ⓘ extensive literary quotations ⓘ illustrative usage examples ⓘ long prefatory essay ⓘ prescriptive definitions ⓘ
hasPrefaceBy	Samuel Johnson ⓘ
historicalSignificance	standard English dictionary for over a century ⓘ
influenced	American lexicography ⓘ Oxford English Dictionary ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
notableFor	influence on English lexicography ⓘ influence on later dictionaries ⓘ rich literary quotations ⓘ scholarly authority ⓘ
numberOfEntries	over 40,000 ⓘ
numberOfVolumes	2 ⓘ
placeOfPublication	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
printingTechnology	letterpress printing ⓘ
publicationDate	1755-04-15 ⓘ
publisher	A. Millar ⓘ C. Hitch and L. Hawes ⓘ J. Rivington ⓘ James and John Knapton ⓘ surface form: J. and P. Knapton J. Dodsley ⓘ surface form: R. and J. Dodsley Longman ⓘ surface form: T. and T. Longman
subject	English lexicography ⓘ
timePeriod	18th century ⓘ
title	A Dictionary of the English Language self-link ⓘ
usesQuotationsFrom	Alexander Pope ⓘ John Dryden ⓘ John Milton ⓘ William Shakespeare ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum → associatedWith → A Dictionary of the English Language ⓘ

Samuel Johnson → notableWork → A Dictionary of the English Language ⓘ

Samuel Johnson → hasWork → A Dictionary of the English Language ⓘ

An American Dictionary of the English Language → influencedBy → A Dictionary of the English Language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samuel Johnson’s A Dictionary of the English Language

A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language → influencedBy → A Dictionary of the English Language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language

A Dictionary of the English Language → title → A Dictionary of the English Language self-link ⓘ

A Dictionary of the English Language → alsoKnownAs → A Dictionary of the English Language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johnson’s Dictionary

Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell → relatedWork → A Dictionary of the English Language ⓘ

subject surface form: Life of Samuel Johnson

this entity surface form: Dictionary of the English Language