'Think on my words':exploring Shakespeare's language
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Published: |
Cambridge University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge |
Publication Dates: | c2008. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Cambridge introductions to literature |
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Carrier Form: | xii, 254 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780521876940 (hbk.) 052187694X (hbk.) 9780521700351 (pbk.) 0521700353 (pbk.) |
Index Number: | I561 |
CLC: | I561.073 |
Call Number: | I561.073/C957 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. |