ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -In all, there are over 114, 000 quotations in the dictionary. Johnson was the first English lexicographer to use citations in this way, a method that greatly influenced the style of future dictionaries.

Detailed explanation-2: -A Dictionary of the English Language, sometimes published as Johnson’s Dictionary, was published on 15 April 1755 and written by Samuel Johnson. It is among the most influential dictionaries in the history of the English language.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1773, Johnson visited his friend to tour the highlands, which were regarded as a rough and uncivilized territory, and in 1775 published an account of the trip, A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland.

Detailed explanation-4: -Samuel Johnson’s ground-breaking A Dictionary of the English Language is one of the most famous English-language dictionaries in history. Published in 1755, it became the foremost English dictionary until the Oxford English Dictionary was published in the early 1900s.

Detailed explanation-5: -He Made Dictionaries Matter. Samuel Johnson, poet, satirist, critic, lexicographer, and dyed-in-the-wool conservative was born in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, on September 18, 1709. We are quickly approaching the tercentenary of Johnson’s birth; scholars worldwide have been celebrating throughout the year.