The Arden Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's Language by Jonathan ... - 9781350017955

Name: The Arden Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's Language by Jonathan ... - 9781350017955
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

The Arden Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's LanguageAuthor(s): Jonathan Culpeper, Andrew Hardie, Jane Demmen, Jonathan Culpeper\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: The Arden Shakespeare\nISBN-13: 9781350017955, 978-1350017955\nSynopsis\nThe Arden Encyclopedia of Shakespeares Language is the first comprehensive account of Shakespeares language to use computational methods derived from corpus linguistics methods of choice for todays lexicographer.\n\nThese first two volumes in this growing encyclopedia together provide a non-etymological A-Z dictionary that works through the frequency of word usage to reveal patterns of meaning and usage, and to examine what Shakespeares words actually do in the environments they inhabit.\n\nAll words from all of Shakespeares plays are included not just words judged to be difficult only leaving out proper names. The dictionary also covers words whose first known use is in Shakespeare ([url] ear-piercing).\n\nEntries focus on .