'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.
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