Question

Read the passages. Then, write two to three sentences explaining how the meaning and connotation of the word lexicographer differs in each passage.
Thus have I laboured by settling the orthography, displaying the analogy, regulating the structures, and ascertaining the signification of English words, to perform all the parts of a faithful lexicographer . . .

–Preface to A Dictionary of the English
Language,
Samuel Johnson

But these were the dreams of a poet doomed at last to wake a lexicographer.

–Preface to A Dictionary of the English
Language,
Samuel Johnson

Answer 1

After reading, we can see the word "lexicographer" is used with a positive connotation in the first passage, but with a negative connotation in the second one.

What is connotation?

Connotation is the meaning a word has depending on the emotional context surrounding its use. The same word can have a positive or a negative connotation depending on the emotions expressed in the general context.

In the first passage that we are analyzing here, the word "lexicographer" has a positive connotation. Here, the author describes a lexicographer as someone who is diligent, careful, and who can accomplish detailed work. However, that is not the case in the second passage.

In the second passage, the word "lexicographer" takes on a negative connotation. Here, the author implies that a lexicographer is not as skilled as a poet, and that the latter is better than the former.

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