How did Charles Dickens change the vocabulary of the English language?
Εκπαιδευτικά Άρθρα 28/02/2012 12:08Among writers quoted in the current edition of the OED, Dickens lags behind only Shakespeare, Scott, Chaucer, Milton, and Dryden for total number of citations (9,218). No one in the past two centuries comes close. For many of these citations Dickens did not invent the word or phrase but provides the first widely published usage. 'Dustbin' was in existence before 'Dombey and Son' and boredom precedes Bleak House.

















