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A vital resource for scholars, students and actors, this book contains glosses and quotes for over 14,000 words that could be misunderstood by or are unknown to a modern audience. Displayed panels look at such areas of Shakespeare''s language as greetings, swear-words and terms of address. Plot summaries are included for all Shakespeare''s plays and on the facing page is a unique diagramatic representation of the relationships within each play.

Shakespeares Words

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    A Paperback / softback by Ben Crystal, David Crystal

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 1 April 2004
      ISBN-13 9780140291179
      978-0140291179
      ISBN-10 0140291172
      Also in:
      ELT & Literary Studies Literary reference works Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800 Literary studies: plays and playwrights

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      Book Synopsis
      A vital resource for scholars, students and actors, this book contains glosses and quotes for over 14,000 words that could be misunderstood by or are unknown to a modern audience. Displayed panels look at such areas of Shakespeare''s language as greetings, swear-words and terms of address. Plot summaries are included for all Shakespeare''s plays and on the facing page is a unique diagramatic representation of the relationships within each play.

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