Think On My Words

Exploring Shakespeare's Language

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David Crystal

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Hardback

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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 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.

Author Biography:

David Crystal is a writer, editor, lecturer and broadcaster. He is Honorary Professor of Linguistics at the University of Bangor.

Release date Australia

February 21st, 2008

Author

David Crystal

Audience

Undergraduate

Illustrations

2 Tables, unspecified; 4 Halftones, unspecified

Pages

268

Dimensions

144x224x21

ISBN-13

9780521876940

Product ID

1973591

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