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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