The Development of Middle English to Early Modern English

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Across
  1. 1. In 1755, Samuel Johnson published the most impressive and most authoritative __ in the Early Modern period.
  2. 3. An ancestor to the spellings of Standard English; used in government documents from around 1430.
  3. 5. Meaning: The vocabulary of a language
  4. 6. Meaning: The system of spelling in a language
Down
  1. 2. The name of the logogram/written symbol "&"
  2. 3. The ___ of words in early dictionaries, grammars and writing guides
  3. 4. In 1476, though he did not invent it, William ___ set up a printing press at Westminster.
  4. 7. Acronym/initialism of a major pronunciation change during the transition of ME to EModE.