Penulis: Professor Norman Blake

When you read Shakespeare or watch a performance of one of his plays, do you find yourself wondering what it was he actually meant? Do you consult modern editions of Shakespeare’s plays only to find …

This book provides an accessible guide to the linguistic environment of Shakespeare, his use of vocabulary, grammar and sentence construction. Although Shakespeare’s plays are familiar to us, the lan …

This book presents an introduction to stylistics for students of literature. It does not presuppose linguistic knowledge, but it approaches literature in a linguistic way. In the first half it looks …

A comprehensive, introductory coursebook for English Language ‘A’ and ‘A/S’ level students on any of the examination courses and suitable for Introduction to English Language courses at undergraduate …

Unlike other histories of the English language, this introduction cuts away traditional divisions into old, middle and modern English to chart the rise of and changes in standard English. It covers t …

When you read Shakespeare or watch a performance of one of his plays, do you find yourself wondering what it was he actually meant? Do you consult modern editions of Shakespeare’s plays only to find …

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 learn …