A Dictionary of the English Language

E273939

book dictionary reference work

A Dictionary of the English Language is Samuel Johnson’s landmark 18th-century English dictionary, renowned for its scholarly authority, rich literary quotations, and lasting influence on lexicography.

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Label	Occurrences
A Dictionary of the English Language canonical	4
Dictionary of the English Language	1
Johnson’s Dictionary	1
Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language	1
Samuel Johnson’s A Dictionary of the English Language	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2525207 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: A Dictionary of the English Language
Context triple: [Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum, associatedWith, A Dictionary of the English Language]

A. A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language
A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language is an early American English dictionary by lexicographer Noah Webster that helped standardize American spelling and usage in the early 19th century.
B. An American Dictionary of the English Language
An American Dictionary of the English Language is Noah Webster’s landmark 1828 dictionary that helped standardize American English spelling and usage.
C. Daniel Jones's English Pronouncing Dictionary
Daniel Jones's English Pronouncing Dictionary is a seminal reference work that systematically documents and standardizes British English pronunciation, particularly the accent known as Received Pronunciation.
D. Royal Institute Dictionary
The Royal Institute Dictionary is Thailand’s official authoritative dictionary that defines and regulates standard usage of the Thai language.
E. Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary is the authoritative, comprehensive historical dictionary of the English language, widely regarded as the standard reference for definitions, usage, and etymology.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: A Dictionary of the English Language
Target entity description: A Dictionary of the English Language is Samuel Johnson’s landmark 18th-century English dictionary, renowned for its scholarly authority, rich literary quotations, and lasting influence on lexicography.

A. A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language
A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language is an early American English dictionary by lexicographer Noah Webster that helped standardize American spelling and usage in the early 19th century.
B. An American Dictionary of the English Language
An American Dictionary of the English Language is Noah Webster’s landmark 1828 dictionary that helped standardize American English spelling and usage.
C. Daniel Jones's English Pronouncing Dictionary
Daniel Jones's English Pronouncing Dictionary is a seminal reference work that systematically documents and standardizes British English pronunciation, particularly the accent known as Received Pronunciation.
D. Royal Institute Dictionary
The Royal Institute Dictionary is Thailand’s official authoritative dictionary that defines and regulates standard usage of the Thai language.
E. Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary is the authoritative, comprehensive historical dictionary of the English language, widely regarded as the standard reference for definitions, usage, and etymology.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ dictionary ⓘ reference work ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	A Dictionary of the English Language ⓘ surface form: Johnson’s Dictionary
author	Samuel Johnson ⓘ
commissionedBy	London booksellers ⓘ
compilationDuration	about nine years ⓘ
compilationEndYear	1755 ⓘ
compilationStartYear	1746 ⓘ
compiler	Samuel Johnson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
field	lexicography ⓘ
genre	dictionary ⓘ
hasEdition	first edition 1755 ⓘ later revised editions in the 18th century ⓘ
hasFeature	etymological notes ⓘ extensive literary quotations ⓘ illustrative usage examples ⓘ long prefatory essay ⓘ prescriptive definitions ⓘ
hasPrefaceBy	Samuel Johnson ⓘ
historicalSignificance	standard English dictionary for over a century ⓘ
influenced	American lexicography ⓘ Oxford English Dictionary ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
notableFor	influence on English lexicography ⓘ influence on later dictionaries ⓘ rich literary quotations ⓘ scholarly authority ⓘ
numberOfEntries	over 40,000 ⓘ
numberOfVolumes	2 ⓘ
placeOfPublication	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
printingTechnology	letterpress printing ⓘ
publicationDate	1755-04-15 ⓘ
publisher	A. Millar ⓘ C. Hitch and L. Hawes ⓘ J. Rivington ⓘ James and John Knapton ⓘ surface form: J. and P. Knapton J. Dodsley ⓘ surface form: R. and J. Dodsley Longman ⓘ surface form: T. and T. Longman
subject	English lexicography ⓘ
timePeriod	18th century ⓘ
title	A Dictionary of the English Language self-link ⓘ
usesQuotationsFrom	Alexander Pope ⓘ John Dryden ⓘ John Milton ⓘ William Shakespeare ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum → associatedWith → A Dictionary of the English Language ⓘ

Samuel Johnson → notableWork → A Dictionary of the English Language ⓘ

Samuel Johnson → hasWork → A Dictionary of the English Language ⓘ

An American Dictionary of the English Language → influencedBy → A Dictionary of the English Language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samuel Johnson’s A Dictionary of the English Language

A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language → influencedBy → A Dictionary of the English Language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language

A Dictionary of the English Language → title → A Dictionary of the English Language self-link ⓘ

A Dictionary of the English Language → alsoKnownAs → A Dictionary of the English Language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johnson’s Dictionary

Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell → relatedWork → A Dictionary of the English Language ⓘ

subject surface form: Life of Samuel Johnson

this entity surface form: Dictionary of the English Language

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