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'Think on my words' : exploring Shakespeare's language
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- Creator
- David Crystal
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Canto Classics edition
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012
- ©2008
- Physical Details
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- xii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781107617681, 1107617685
- OCLC
- ocn788213141
- Originally published: 2008.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-248) 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