Think On My Words
Exploring Shakespeare's Language
(Sprache: Englisch)
'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...
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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
-Explains clearly the terms required to understand Shakespeare's language, assuming no prior specialist knowledge
-Includes many examples from Shakespeare's plays and poems, providing essential context for the reader
-Contains a lively and original A-Z Appendix of Shakespeare's 'false friends' - words which seem familiar to us today, but in fact have a completely different meaning
-Explains clearly the terms required to understand Shakespeare's language, assuming no prior specialist knowledge
-Includes many examples from Shakespeare's plays and poems, providing essential context for the reader
-Contains a lively and original A-Z Appendix of Shakespeare's 'false friends' - words which seem familiar to us today, but in fact have a completely different meaning
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Think On My Words “
From the content: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": Shakespeare graphology
4."Know my stops": Shakespearean punctuation
5."Speak the speech": Shakespearean phonology
6."Trippingly uponthe 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
Appendix: an A-to-Z of Shakespeare"s false friends.
Autoren-Porträt von David Crystal
David Crystal is honorary professor of linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor. He has written or edited over 1 books and published numerous articles for scholarly, professional, and general readerships, in fields ranging from forensic linguistics and ELT to the liturgy and Shakespeare. His books include the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language (2nd edn 1997), the Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (2nd edn 2003), Words, Words, Words (OUP 2006), and The Fight for English (OUP 2006).
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: David Crystal
- 2008, 254 Seiten, Maße: 13,8 x 21,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN-10: 0521700353
- ISBN-13: 9780521700351
Sprache:
Englisch
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