Perjoration - words increasingly acquire negative meanings
Dialect Levelling - a decrease in dialect differences
1755 is the year samuel johnson published the first ever dictionary
Jargon - technical language or highly field-specific vocab
Amelioration - Words become more socially acceptable
Government, peasent, crime, justice, fashion, biscuit and leisure are all loned from Latin
The printing press was introduced to England by William Caxton in 1476