The Arden Encyclopedia of Shakespeare’s Language: Plays and Characters
Author:   Professor Dawn Archer (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) ,  Professor Alison Findlay (Lancaster University, UK) ,  Dr Sean Murphy (Lancaster University, UK) ,  Dr Jonathan Culpeper (Lancaster University, Lancaster)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781350261938


Pages:   728
Publication Date:   09 January 2025
Format:   Hardback
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The Arden Encyclopedia of Shakespeare’s Language is the first comprehensive account of Shakespeare’s language to use computational methods derived from corpus linguistics – methods of choice for today's historical linguist. This third volume focuses on keywords in Shakespeare's plays. Play keywords are derived by conducting a statistical comparison between the words in one play with those in all the other plays. For characters, the statistical comparison is made between the vocabulary of one character and that of all the other characters in the same play. These keywords are then used to create 'linguistic profiles' of each play and main character. The profiles show how patterns of words around keywords contribute to themes in plays and characterization of the protagonists. For example, we reveal how the simple word ‘Goodnight’ contributes to dramatic tension in Julius Caesar, or how in Romeo and Juliet, Juliet's most distinctive yet apparently innocuous words, ‘if’, ‘yet’ and ‘but’, create an important aspect of her character.

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Author:   Professor Dawn Archer (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) ,  Professor Alison Findlay (Lancaster University, UK) ,  Dr Sean Murphy (Lancaster University, UK) ,  Dr Jonathan Culpeper (Lancaster University, Lancaster)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   The Arden Shakespeare
Dimensions:   Width: 19.40cm , Height: 4.40cm , Length: 25.00cm
Weight:   1.560kg
ISBN:  

9781350261938


ISBN 10:   1350261939
Pages:   728
Publication Date:   09 January 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

General Introduction to the Arden Encyclopedia of Shakespeare’s Language Introduction to Volume 3 All’s Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Hamlet Henry IV, Part 1 Henry IV, Part 2 Henry V Henry VI, Part 1 Henry VI, Part 2 Henry VI, Part 3 Henry VIII Julius Caesar King John King Lear Love’s Labour’s Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure Merchant of Venice Merry Wives of Windsor Midsummer Night’s Dream Much Ado About Nothing Othello Pericles Richard II Richard III Romeo and Juliet Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus and Cressida Twelfth Night Two Gentlemen of Verona Two Noble Kinsmen Winter’s Tale

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Dawn Archer is Professor of Pragmatics and Corpus Linguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Alison Findlay is Professor of Renaissance Drama and Director of the Shakespeare Programme in the Department of English and Creative Writing at Lancaster University, UK. Sean Murphy is a linguist interested in historical English drama. He was a Senior Research Associate on the Encyclopedia of Shakespeare’s Language.

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