ABSTRACT
G CUAGE,likeanythingelsethatdependsuponhuman ings,changesconsiderablywiththepassageoftime. Oneresultofthisisthatwhenwereadtheliterature
ofseveralhundredyearsagowearelikelytobemisledby wordsthathavechangedtheirmeaningsincethebookwas written;andsometimesmuchmorerecentwritingcontains afewwordstowhichthishashappened.Indeed,changesin themeaning,especiallytheassociations,ofwordsaresometimessorapidthattheycontributetodifficultiesofunderstandingbetweentwogenerations.
