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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language most reflects an 18thcentury interest in which of the following ?

Correct answer: A. Classification, order, and judgment

  • A. Classification, order, and judgment
  • B. Romantic origins
  • C. Linguistic indeterminacy
  • D. Subjective experience

Explanation

Johnson's Dictionary reflects the eighteenth-century drive to impose order on knowledge and language through classification, definition, and evaluative judgment. Romantic origins and subjective experience belong more naturally to later Romantic interests.

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