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Think on My Words: Exploring Shakespeare's Language

Think on My Words: Exploring Shakespeare's Language Paperback - 2008

by Crystal, David

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  • Title Think on My Words: Exploring Shakespeare's Language
  • Author Crystal, David
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition INTERNATIONAL ED
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 254
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England
  • Date February 29, 2008
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GOR001930117
  • ISBN 9780521700351 / 0521700353
  • Weight 0.84 lbs (0.38 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.42 x 5.52 x 0.63 in (21.39 x 14.02 x 1.60 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Shakespeare, William - Language, Shakespeare, William - Literary style
  • Dewey Decimal Code 822.33

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Summary

'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.