雅思经典例题及题解Johnson27s.doc

该【雅思经典例题及题解Johnson27s 】是由【泰山小桥流水】上传分享，文档一共【3】页，该文档可以免费在线阅读，需要了解更多关于【雅思经典例题及题解Johnson27s 】的内容，可以使用淘豆网的站内搜索功能，选择自己适合的文档，以下文字是截取该文章内的部分文字，如需要获得完整电子版，请下载此文档到您的设备，方便您编辑和打印。Johnson'sDictionaryForthecenturybeforeJohnson',ofcourse,beendictionariesinthepast,!'ofhardusuallEnglishwordes'.Likethevariousdictionariesthatcameafteritduringtheseventeenthcentury,Cawdray'stendedtoconcentrateon'scholarly'words;,theriseofdictionariesisassociatedwiththeriseoftheEnglishmiddleclass,whowereanxioustodefineandcircumscribethevariousworldstoconquer-,theverymodelofaneighteenth-,,thetaskofproducingadictionaryonsuchalargescalehadseemedimpossiblewithouttheestablishmentofanacademytomakedecisionsaboutrightandwrongusageJohnsondecidedhedidnotneedanacademytosettleargumentsaboutlanguage;hewouldwriteadictionaryhimself;andhewoulddoitsingle-￡ininstalments,andfromthishetookmoneytorent17GoughSquare,inwhichhesetuphis'dictionaryworkshop'.'fitteduplikeacountinghouse'withalongdeskrunningdownthemiddleatwhichthecopyingclerkswouldworkstandinghimselfwasstationedonaricketychairatanoldcrazydealtable',;fillingabouteightylargenotebooks(andwithoutalibrarytohand).Johnsonwrotethedefinitionsofover40,000words,andillustratedtheirmanymeaningswithsomeIquotationsdrawnfromEnglishwritingoneverysubject,,,andtomakehisworkoneofheroicsynthesis,,JohnsontreatedEnglishverypractically,asalivinglanguage,-accordingtoprecedentAfteritspublication,.'Thisverynoblework.'wrotetheleadingItalianlexicographerwillbeaperpetualmonumentofFametotheAuthoranHonourtohisownCountryinparticular,andageneralBenefittotherepublicofLettersthroughoutEurope.'ThefactthatJohnsonhadtakenontheAcademiesofEuropeandmatchedthem(everyoneknewthatfortyFrenchacademicshadtakenfortyyearstoproducethefirstFrenchnationaldictionary),andwithoutanypatronageofthegreatnotinthesoftobscuritiesofretirement,orundertheshelterofacademicbowers,butamidstinconvenienceanddistraction,insicknessandinsorrow'.entricitieshistwo-volumeworkisamasterpieceandalandmark,inhisownwords,'settingtheorthographydisplayingtheanalogy,regulatingthestructures,andascertainingthesignificationsofEnglishwords'.ItisthecornerstoneofStandardEnglish,anachievementwhich,inJamesBoswell'swords,'conferredstabilityonthelanguageofhiscountry'.TheDictionary,togetherwithhisotherwriting,,'sDictionary!,,andtomakehisworkoneofheroicsynthesis,,Johnsontreated English very practically, asaliving language, with manydifferent -accordingtoprecedentafteritspublication;his Dictionary plete originality, working toadeadline hehadtodrawonthebest ofall previous dictionaries, andtomakehis workoneofheroicsynthesis, his predecessors, Johnsontreated English verypractically, asalivinglanguage,-accordingtoprecedentAfteritspublication,his Dictionary ,twoofwhomdiedwhilsttheDictionarywasstillinpreparation.