Describe the beginning of dictionary writing in England. Why were dictionaries written?
“- First “”dictionary””: French-English vocabulary for travellers (1480) – William Caxton- An Elementarie (1582) – Richard Mulcaster o 8000 words; no definitions- Hard word dictionaries o A Table Alphabeticall of Hard Words (1604) – Robert Cawdrey Some 3000 terms o An English Expositor (1616) – Richard Bullokar Also archaic words- Glossographia (1656) – Thomas Blount o 11000 entries; sources and etymologies- A Dictionary of the English Language (1775) Samuel Johnson o 40000 entries; quotations for illustration o Model for Oxford English Dictionary”