English Language 1650 - 1750
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- English Language 1650 - 1755
- Canting Dictionaries
- Elisha Coles, published in 1676, Labelled title page as 'hard words' dictionary.
- Intrested in slang throughout 17th century
- 1699 B.E's dictionry of the Terms of Ancient and Mordern of the Canting Crew,
- Drew heavily on first content of Coles and other slang glossaries.
- Dictionary of English Language, 1755 Samuel Johnson
- Regarded as one of the most influencial dictionaries
- A lot of work put in, e.g. "turn" had 16 definitions with 15 illustrations
- Prefered spellings that pointed to Lation or Greek. E.g "Ache" instead of "ake" as he wrongly thought i came from the Greek "achos"
- Spelling variations - E.g Uphill and downhill
- Canting Dictionaries
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