'Think on my words' : exploring Shakespeare's language /

'Think on my words' : exploring Shakespeare's language /

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'You speak a language that I understand not.' Hermione's words to Leontes in The Winter's Tale are likely to ring true with many people reading or watching Shakespeare's plays today. For decades, people have been studying Shakespeare's life and times, and in recent year...

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Main Author: Crystal, David, 1941- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Language.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Literary style.
English language > Early modern, 1500-1700 > Style.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • 1. 'You speak a language that I understand not' : myths and realities
  • 2. 'Now, sir, what is your text?' : knowing the sources
  • 3. 'In print I found it' : Shakespearean graphology
  • 4. 'Know my stops' : Shakespearean punctuation
  • 5. 'Speak the speech' : Shakespearean phonology
  • 6. 'Trippingly upon the tongue' : Shakespearean pronunciation
  • 7. 'Think on my words' : Shakespearean vocabulary
  • 8. 'Talk of a noun and a verb' : Shakespearean grammar
  • 9. 'Hear sweet discourse' : Shakespearean conversation
  • Epilogue
  • 'Your daring tongue' : Shakespearean creativity.

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