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

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	'Think on my words' :/ David Crystal.
Reminder of title:	exploring Shakespeare's language /
Author:	Crystal, David,
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 254 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	English language - Style. - Early modern, 1500-1700 -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511755095
ISBN:	9780511755095 (ebook)

'Think on my words' : = exploring Shakespeare's language /
Crystal, David,1941-

'Think on my words' :exploring Shakespeare's language /David Crystal. - 1 online resource (xii, 254 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

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.

'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 years there has been a renewed surge of interest into aspects of his language. So how can we better understand Shakespeare? How did he manipulate language to produce such an unrivalled body of work, which has enthralled generations both as theatre and as literature? David Crystal addresses these and many other questions in this lively and original introduction to Shakespeare's language. Covering in turn the five main dimensions of language structure - writing system, pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, and conversational style - the book shows how examining these linguistic 'nuts and bolts' can help us achieve a greater appreciation of Shakespeare's linguistic creativity.

ISBN: 9780511755095 (ebook)Subjects--Personal Names:

801322
Shakespeare, William,
1564-1616--Literary style.Subjects--Topical Terms:

555575
English language
--Style.--Early modern, 1500-1700

LC Class. No.: PR3072 / .C79 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 822.33

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