The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol 18: Johnson on the English Language

by Samuel Johnson

Essential writings on the English language--its history, structure, and cultural importance--by one of its most adroit practitioners

This volume of the Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson collects the writer's most important statements on the English language. It includes fully annotated editions of Johnson's main writings on the history, structure, and cultural importance of English, as well as his reflections on lexicography...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300106726
• ISBN13: 9780300106725
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"