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Samuel Johnson (18 September [O.S. 7 September] 1709 – 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls him "arguably the most ...
Lexicography is the study of lexicons and the art of compiling dictionaries. [1]. It is divided into two separate academic disciplines: Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries. Theoretical lexicography is the scholarly study of semantic, orthographic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic features of ...
Paul Atkins (sep. 2021) Children. 2. Susie Dent MBE (born 1964) [1][2] is an English lexicographer, etymologist, and media personality. She has appeared in "Dictionary Corner" on the Channel 4 game show Countdown since 1992. She also appears on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, a post- watershed comedy version of the show.
1971 (age 52–53) Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. Education. University of Chicago (BA, MA) Occupation. Lexicographer. Erin McKean (born 1971) is an American lexicographer.
John Davies (Wales, 1567–1644) Welsh and Latin. Tomás de Bhaldraithe (Ireland, 1916–1996) Irish and English. William Quinby De Funiak (US, 1901–1981) American and British. Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda (Iran, 1879–1956) extensive dictionary in Persian. Philip Delaporte (Germany/US, 1868–1928) German and Nauruan.
Lexicology is the branch of linguistics that analyzes the lexicon of a specific language. A word is the smallest meaningful unit of a language that can stand on its own, and is made up of small components called morphemes and even smaller elements known as phonemes, or distinguishing sounds. Lexicology examines every feature of a word ...
Robert Giraud (November 21, 1921 – January 17, 1997), was a French journalist, poet and lexicographer. ... He never received a salary of his life. He died ...
Henry Cockeram. Henry Cockeram (dates unknown; flourished 1623–1658) was an English lexicographer. In 1623, he authored the third known English Language dictionary, [1] and the first to contain the title "dictionary". [2]