Shakespeare's Non-Standard English: A Dictionary of His Informal Language (REFERENCE, SHAKESPEARE, ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE, LANGUAGE)

Blake, N. F.

ISBN 10: 0826473229 / ISBN 13: 9780826473226

Edité par Continuum Intl Pub Group, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 2004

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• Titre: Shakespeare's Non-Standard English: A Dictionary of His Informal Language (REFERENCE, SHAKESPEARE, ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE, LANGUAGE)
• Éditeur: Continuum Intl Pub Group, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
• Date de parution: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0826473229
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780826473226
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: New
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Synopsis

Most scholarly attention on Shakespeare's vocabulary has been directed towards his enrichment of the language through borrowing words from other languages. But the bulk of Shakespeare's output consists of plays and to make these appear lifelike he needed to employ a colloquial and informal style. Apart from his bawdy language, this aspect of his work has to date been largely ignored. Here for the first time is a dictionary that includes all manner of non-standard English used by Shakespeare. The Dictionary lists the types of word which constitute informal language - whether used by all speakers or less educated ones. As with other books in this series the words are grouped either by semantic identity, such as words for 'head', or by some linguistic feature such as 'discourse markers'. A list of abbreviations, select bibliography and all the expected indices are included.

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Most scholarly attention on Shakespeare's vocabulary has been directed towards his enrichment of the language through borrowing words from other languages and has thus concentrated on the more learned aspects of his vocabulary. However, the bulk of Shakespeare's output consists of plays and to make these appear lifelike he needed to employ a colloquial and informal style. This aspect of his work has been largely disregarded apart from his bawdy language. This dictionary includes all types of non-standard and informal language and lists all examples found in Shakespeare's works. These include dialect forms, colloquial forms, non-standard and variant forms, fashionable words and puns.