27Thu 10.15 A.M
Hanu Reddy Residences
39/18 Binny Road
Poes Garden
Chennai 600 018
The World of a Word Collector
“Shapessmith”, “Ponk”,
“Jabbler” ...
Would these
words have you running to a dictionary?Dictionaries are
the foot soldiers of the literary world. With them we can trace the
evolution of a language, in this case the many avatars of the English
language. Published in 1774, the Dictionary of the English Language
by Samuel Johnson, is a colossal intellectual achievement
ofone man listing 42773 words with their definitions, and a hundred
thousand illustrations andquotes from 500 authors.
Come and listen
to Ms Sharada Suresh share
fascinating insights from the life of
Samuel Johnson, with wit and grit and see what makes him
enjoyable even today. From film journalist to teacher and then college
lecturer and now an examiner. Sharada Suresh is passionate about
Lexicology, Indology, Biology to name just a few of her
interests. While visiting the home of Samuel Johnson in London, now a
Writer’s Museum, she pursued the idea of encapsulating
the personal and professional life of the renowned lexicographer in a presentation that she will enthral
us with.
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