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Zusatztext This book brings Shakespeare's verbal experimentation with some of the most frequently used "small" words of the English language (shall! will! this! and if) vividly to life. Writing in a highly accessible style! Kolentsis equips students with innovative approaches to close reading that fruitfully combine literary and linguistic analysis to illuminate key dynamics of the drama Informationen zum Autor Alysia Kolentsis is Professor of English at St. Jerome's University in the University of Waterloo, Canada. Klappentext What can developments in contemporary linguistics and language theory reveal about Shakespeare's language in the plays? Shakespeare's Common Language demonstrates how methods borrowed from language criticism can illuminate the surprising expressive force of Shakespeare's common words. With chapters focused on different approaches based in language theory, the book analyses language change in Coriolanus ; discourse analysis in Troilus and Cressida ; pragmatics in Richard II ; and various aspects of grammar in As You Like It . In mapping the tools of linguistics and language theory onto the study of literature, and employing finely-grained close readings of dialogue, Shakespeare's Common Language frames a methodology that offers a fresh approach to reading dramatic language.Uses language theory to highlight the foundations of Shakespeare’s language, focusing on easily-overlooked function words to explore how Shakespeare mines the expressive and rhetorical potential of everyday language. Zusammenfassung What can developments in contemporary linguistics and language theory reveal about Shakespeare's language in the plays? Shakespeare's Common Language demonstrates how methods borrowed from language criticism can illuminate the surprising expressive force of Shakespeare's common words. With chapters focused on different approaches based in language theory! the book analyses language change in Coriolanus ; discourse analysis in Troilus and Cressida ; pragmatics in Richard II ; and various aspects of grammar in As You Like It . In mapping the tools of linguistics and language theory onto the study of literature! and employing finely-grained close readings of dialogue! Shakespeare's Common Language frames a methodology that offers a fresh approach to reading dramatic language. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Shakespeare’s Common LanguageChapter 1: Language Change, Coriolanus , and 'Shall'Chapter 2: Discourse Analysis, Troilus and Cressida , and 'Will'Chapter 3: Pragmatics, Richard II , and 'This'Chapter 4: Grammar, As You Like It , and 'If'NotesReferencesIndex...
