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A Dictionary of the English Language: History & Culture

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.

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A Dictionary of the English Language topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Culture as prominent areas in the source structure around A Dictionary of the English Language.

Related topics
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Source areas
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Connected nodes
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Extracted relationships
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Concept neighborhoods
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Bridge connections
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What this topic covers Research coverage

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Reception history · 22 topics
Background · 21 topics
The text · 21 topics
In popular culture · 11 topics
Overview · 6 topics
Replica editions · 4 topics
Folio and abridged editions · 1 topics

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Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Author
Samuel Johnson
Publication date
15 April 1755
Publisher
consortium
Language
English
Pages
2348
Publication place
Great Britain

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Overview

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The text

Reception history

Folio and abridged editions

Replica editions

In popular culture

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How A Dictionary of the English Language connects Entity context

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A Dictionary of the English Language

Top relations

related to External links · 25
A Dictionary of the English Language → April, Article, Brief History, Congress, Dictionary, English Language, English Lexicography, HTML, Internet Archive, Johnson's Dictionary, Johnson's Dictionary Online, Johnson's DictionaryWeb, Johnson's Plan, Library, LibriVoxWeb, OCR, Plan, Pomeranian Digital Library, Preface, Samuel Johnson Dictionary Sources
related to Johnson's preparation · 17
A Dictionary of the English Language → By, Chesterfield, Cowell, Dictionary, Earl, English, English Language, Gough Square, He, Johnson, Johnson's, Johnson's Plan, London, Philip Stanhope, Plan, Seven, The World
related to The text · 9
A Dictionary of the English Language → Bible, Dictionary, English Language, It, Johnson, No, Proud, The, Vasta
Author · 1
A Dictionary of the English Language → Samuel Johnson
Language · 1
A Dictionary of the English Language → English
Pages · 1
A Dictionary of the English Language → 2348
Publication date · 1
A Dictionary of the English Language → 15 April 1755
Publication place · 1
A Dictionary of the English Language → Great Britain
Publisher · 1
A Dictionary of the English Language → consortium
Subject · 1
A Dictionary of the English Language → Dictionary

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Important terminology

dictionary johnson's johnson english language words edition one years work samuel folio first dictionaries came word published 1755 editions history

A Dictionary of the English Language relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 61 structured relationships around A Dictionary of the English Language. Examples in this analysis include A Dictionary of the English Language → Author → Samuel Johnson and A Dictionary of the English Language → Language → English. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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A Dictionary of the English LanguageAuthorSamuel Johnson1.00infobox
A Dictionary of the English LanguageLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
A Dictionary of the English LanguagePages23481.00infobox
A Dictionary of the English LanguagePublication date15 April 17551.00infobox
A Dictionary of the English LanguagePublication placeGreat Britain1.00infobox
A Dictionary of the English LanguagePublisherconsortium1.00infobox
A Dictionary of the English LanguageSubjectDictionary1.00infobox
A Dictionary of the English LanguageTextA Dictionary of the English Language at Wikisource1.00infobox
publick rather than the simpler spellings that would be favoured 73 years later by Noah Webster.The dictionary is in alphabetical order according to the eighteenth-century English alphabetinstance ofadvocating traditional spellings0.80text
the London Magazine andinstance ofThe Dictionary was enthusiastically written up in important periodicals0.80text
A Dictionary of the English Languagerelated to External linksJohnson's Plan0.60section
A Dictionary of the English Languagerelated to External linksDictionary0.60section

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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For A Dictionary of the English Language, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects A Dictionary of the English Language with Reception history. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

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A Dictionary of the English LanguageReception history · splits 73 ⟂ 23
A Dictionary of the English LanguageBackground · splits 74 ⟂ 22
A Dictionary of the English LanguageThe text · splits 74 ⟂ 22
A Dictionary of the English LanguageIn popular culture · splits 84 ⟂ 12
A Dictionary of the English LanguageOverview · splits 89 ⟂ 7
A Dictionary of the English LanguageReplica editions · splits 91 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

A Dictionary of the English Language

Nodes96
Edges95
Triples61
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.020833
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around A Dictionary of the English Language to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Culture, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — A Dictionary of the English Language · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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