In a systematic presentation of Johnson's views on language, Johnson on Language: An Introduction addresses the problems inherent in the formation of style, as Johnson saw them, but also contains a detailed discussion of his opinions concerning the proper responsibilities of the lexicographer. The wide-ranging discussion takes in the linguistic controversies of classical antiquity, the resumption and elaboration of various classical ideas in the Renaissance period, and the way in which Johnson's own ideas have been shaped by his reading of important documents of these eras.

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St Catherine’s College, Oxford, UK

A. D. Horgan

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Book Title: Johnson on Language
Book Subtitle: An Introduction
Authors: A. D. Horgan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230373440
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1994
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-61338-2Published: 03 October 1994
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-37344-0Published: 03 October 1994
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 226
Topics: Historical Linguistics, Philosophy of Language, Lexicology/Vocabulary, British and Irish Literature

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Johnson on Language: An Introduction

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