Language Change Notes; Johnson's Dictionary
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Before Johnson;
- 1476
- Caxton press
- William Caxton (English merchant who had been a successful printer in Bruges)
- Printing press set up in Westminster
- Books printed in London dialect
- Specifically incorporated Chancery English (East Midlands dialect)
- Caxton produced a bilingual dictionary in 1480.
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