Cant [ Language & Speech ]
… of that People, and the Affectation of some late Authors to introduce and multiply Cant Words, which is the most ruinous Corruption in any Language.’ 4 As for Johnson , his dictionary was explicitly presented as an attempt to save the … under the direction of chance, into wild exuberance; resigned to the tyranny of time and fashion; and exposed to the corruption of ignorance, and caprices of innovation.’ (Johnson, ‘Preface’) Fashion was therefore deemed susceptible to …
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