Shakespeare's Universe of Discourse: Language-Games in the Comedies

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CUP Archive, 21.06.1984 г. - 349 страници
This book makes ample use of approaches to language within linguistics, semiotics, the philosophy of language and sociology, in order to do justice to the subtlety of Shakespeare's verbal artistry. Keir Elam adopts a fresh approach to the language of Shakespeare's comedies, considering it not simply as 'style' but as the principal dramatic and comic substance of the plays. Traditional analysis of the language as 'diction', 'expression' or 'verbal structure' is not adequate to describe the range and importance of linguistic functions in these plays. This book shows that in Shakespearean comedy language, or rather 'discourse', language in use, is always a dynamic, active protagonist of the drama. The author explores the extraordinary gamut of verbal activities or 'language-games' that contribute to the rich rhetorical make-up of the comedies. The historical framework complements the application of critical theory which will assure a readership among students and teachers of Shakespeare as well as those interested in liguistics and semiotics.

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the speech
6
vi Shakespeare and the Elizabethan universe
21
6
27
PERFORMANCES
33
speaking as perfor
64
the work in progress
70
universes of discourse
83
iv Beginnings
89
with a glance at Mistress Quicklys garter
159
viii Foul words foul wind
166
FOUR ACTS
177
83
229
FIVE FIGURES
235
85
270
Glossary
309
References
318

the textuality
104
viii Endings
112
72
144

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