A Reader in the Language of Shakespearean Drama
In recent years the language of Shakespearean drama has been described in a number of publications intended mainly for the undergraduate student or general reader, but the studies in academic journals to which they refer are not always easily accessible even though they are of great interest to the general reader and essential for the specialist. The purpose of this collection is therefore to bring together some of the most valuable of these studies which, in discussing various aspects of the language of the early 17th century as exemplified in Shakespearean drama, provide the reader with deeper insights into the meaning of Shakespearean text, often by reference to the social, literary and linguistic context of the time.
[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 35] 1987. xx, 523 pp.
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Table of Contents
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Preface | p. ix
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Acknowledgements | p. xi
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Introduction | p. xiii
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I. Shakespeare and the English Language
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Shakespeare and the English LanguageRandolph Quirk | p. 3
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Shakespeare and the Tune of the TimeBridget Cusack | p. 23
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Elizabethan Colloquial English in the Falstaff PlaysVivian Salmon | p. 37
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The Social Background of Shakespeare's MalapropismsMargaret Schlauch | p. 71
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Shakespeare's Salutations: A Study in Stylistic EtiquetteCarol Replogle | p. 101
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Me, U, and Non-U: Class Connotations of Two Shakespearean IdiomsPeter J. Gillett | p. 117
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III. Studies in Vocabulary
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(1) Some interpretations
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Propertied as All the Tuned Spheres: Aspects of Shakespeare's LanguageRobert D. Eagleson | p. 133
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The Spoken Language and the Dramatic Text: Some Notes on the Interpretation of Shakespeare's LanguageHilda M. Hulme | p. 145
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‘Thou’ and ‘You’ in Shakespeare: A Study in the Second Person PronounJoan Mulholland | p. 153
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“You” and “Thou” in Shakespeare's Richard IIICharles Barber | p. 163
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An Aspect of Shakespeare's Dynamic Language: A Note on The Interpretation of King Lear III. VII.113: ‘He Childed as I Father'd!’Kathleen Wales | p. 181
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(2) Lexical innovation
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Some Functions of Shakespearian Word-FormationVivian Salmon | p. 193
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Shakespeare' Latinate NeologismsBryan A. Garner | p. 207
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Latin-Saxon Hybrids in Shakespeare and the BibleBryan A. Garner | p. 229
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(3) Shakespeare's use of specialised vocabularies
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Shakespeare and the ‘Ordinary’ WordD.S. Bland | p. 237
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Thieves' Cant in King LearTimothy Musgrove | p. 245
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Legal Language in CoriolanusG. Thomas Tanselle and Florence W. Dunbar | p. 255
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IV. Shakespeare and Elizabethan Grammar
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(1) Studies in syntax
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Sentence Structures in Colloquial Shakespearian EnglishVivian Salmon | p. 265
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Pronominal Case in Shakespearean ImperativesCelia Millward | p. 301
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The Perfect Auxiliaries in the Language of ShakespearePiotr Kakietek | p. 309
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May and Might in Shakespeare's EnglishPiotr Kakietek | p. 319
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Notes on the Use of the Ingressive Auxiliaries in the Works of William ShakespeareY.M. Biese | p. 329
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Multiple Negation in ShakespeareRajendra Singh | p. 339
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(2) Studies in inflection
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Shakespeare's Use of eth and es Endings of Verbs in the First FolioEstelle W. Taylor | p. 349
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Shakespeare's Use of s Endings of the Verbs to do and to have in the First FolioEstelle W. Taylor | p. 371
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V. Studies in Rhetoric and Metre
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Shakespeare's Use of RhetoricBrian Vickers | p. 391
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Hendiadys and HamletGeorge T. Wright | p. 407
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The Iambic Pentameter RevisitedClayton Koelb | p. 433
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VI. Punctuation
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Shakespearian Punctuation - A new beginningD.F. McKenzie | p. 445
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Repunctuation as Interpretation in Editions of ShakespeareMichael J. Warren | p. 455
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VII. The Linguistic Context of Shakespearean Drama
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Shakespeare's view of Language: An Historical PerspectiveMargreta de Grazia | p. 473
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The Poor Cat's Adage and other Shakespearean Proverbs in Elizabethan Grammar-School EducationMartin Orkin | p. 489
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Language in Love's Labour's LostWilliam Matthews | p. 499
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Index | p. 511
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