Shakespeare's grammar / Jonathan Hope.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hope, Jonathan, 1962-

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Language.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

English language--Early modern, 1500-1700--Grammar--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

English language.

English language--Early modern--Grammar.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xii, 210 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Thomson Learning, 2003.

Summary:

Shakespeare's language is one of the few under-researched fields in Shakespeare studies - and yet we all somehow 'know' that Shakespeare was a genius with words. But what were the linguistic tools at his disposal in the late sixteenth century? Did the state of English at the time somehow favour the writing of great poetry? Shakespeare's Grammar is an invaluable reference guide to Early Modern English, the form of English used by Shakespeare, covering the rules, conventions, and possibilities of choice that make his texts so linguistically rich. Updating the previous standard work (E.A. Abbott's A Shakespearian Grammar of 1870), Shakespeare's Grammar assumes no prior linguistic knowledge, and is designed to be used by students new to the study of Shakespeare and the grammar of English, as well as scholars and editors grappling with the finer detail of Shakespeare's texts. This accessible volume introduces grammatical terms in 'Overview' sections, which demonstrate the literary potential of the linguistic features under examination. These are followed by more comprehensive discussions, which illustrate and illuminate many of the fascinating features of Shakespeare's language. Quotations are from the folio and quarto texts throughout, and a detailed glossary is included.

Contents:

0.1 Abbott's Grammar and Shakespeare's Grammar 1

0.2 Using Shakespeare's Grammar: how to find things 3

0.3 Citation of texts: sources and conventions 5

0.4 Shakespeare's linguistic context 6

Part 1 The Noun Phrase 11

1.0a Overview: The stylistics of noun phrase use 13

1.0b Overview: The structure of the noun phrase 20

1.1 Pre-head elements: Determiners 25

1.1.0a Articles 25

1.1.0b Demonstratives 25

1.1.0c Possessives 26

1.1.0d Interrogatives 26

1.1.0e Quantifiers 26

1.1.0f Numerals 26

1.1.0g Ordinals 27

1.1.1 Development of determiners from adjectives 27

1.1.2 Determiners used in different combinations or in different senses 29

1.1.2a A/an in the sense of one/the same 29

1.1.2b Each/every/one for each of/every one of/none of 30

1.1.2c Each and everyone + noun treated as plurals 30

1.1.3 Deletion of determiners: the, a/an, possessives 31

1.1.3a Deletion of the 31

1.1.3b Deletion of possessive determiner 32

1.1.3c Deletion of a/an 32

1.1.4 Possession: 'genitive' constructions 33

1.1.4a Possessive pronouns 36

1.1.4b @s-genitive 37

1.1.4c Of construction 37

1.1.4d Double genitive 38

1.1.4e Absolute genitive 38

1.1.4f Zero genitive 38

1.1.4g His genitive 39

1.1.4h Split genitive 40

1.1.4i Orthography 40

1.2 Pre-head elements: Modification 43

1.2.1 Placement of adjectival phrases 44

1.2.2 Adjectives: scope 45

1.2.2a Location of effect 46

1.2.2b Subjectivization 49

1.2.2c Passivized 51

1.2.3 Adjectives: comparative and superlative 52

1.2.4 Adjectival inflections 54

1.2.5 Adjectives: compound adjectives 57

1.2.6 Nouns as pre-modifiers 58

1.2.7 Verb forms as pre-modifiers 59

1.2.8 Other parts of speech as pre-modifiers (conversion) 60

1.2.9 Complex pre-modifying structures 61

1.3 The head 63

1.3.1 Nouns: plural inflections 65

1.3.2 Pronouns 67

1.3.2a First person singular pronouns 70

1.3.2b Second person singular pronouns 72

1.3.2c Third person singular pronouns 83

1.3.2d First person plural pronouns 89

1.3.2e Second person plural pronouns 90

1.3.2f Third person plural pronouns 90

1.3.2g Anomalous pronouns 93

1.3.2h Reflexive pronouns 97

1.3.2i Dative pronouns (ethical dative) 99

1.3.2j Pronouns as nouns 101

1.3.3 Adjectives as heads of noun phrases 101

1.3.4 Determiners as heads of noun phrases 102

1.3.5 -ing forms as heads of noun phrase 102

1.4 Post-head elements 105

1.4.1 Prepositional phrases 105

1.4.2 Relative clauses 106

1.4.2a Who relatives 108

1.4.2b Which relatives 109

1.4.2c That relatives 110

1.4.2d Zero relatives 110

1.4.2e Relative pronoun/conjunctive but 111

1.4.2f Determiners as antecedents of relatives 112

1.4.2g Head-shifted relatives 112

1.4.2h Headless relatives 113

1.4.2i Relative pronouns and verb agreement 114

1.4.3 Noun phrases as post-head modification (apposition) 114

1.4.4 Postpositive adjectival phrases 115

Part 2 The Verb Phrase 117

2.0a Overview: The stylistics of verb phrase use 119

2.0b Overview: The structure of the verb phrase 123

2.1 The verb phrase head 135

2.1.1 Main auxiliary verbs 136

2.1.1a Have and be 136

2.1.1b Do 137

2.1.2 Modal verbs 141

2.1.2a Can/could 142

2.1.2b May/might 142

2.1.2c Must 143

2.1.2d Shall/should 144

2.1.2e Will/would, will/shall 145

2.1.3 Tense and time 147

2.1.3a Present time 148

2.1.3b Past time 149

2.1.3c Future time 150

2.1.3d Mixed tense forms 152

2.1.4 Aspect 152

2.1.4a Simple past for present perfect 155

2.1.5 Mood 156

2.1.5a Indicative 156

2.1.5b Subjunctive 156

2.1.5c Imperative 158

2.1.6 Finite versus non-finite 159

2.1.7 Voice: active/passive, agency 160

2.1.8 Verb morphology 160

2.1.8a Present tense morphology 161

2.1.8b Past tense morphology 164

2.1.8c Participles 165

2.1.8d Infinitive marking 169

2.1.9 Negation 169

2.2 Beyond the head 173

2.2.1 Subjects and agents 174

2.2.2 Objects: direct and indirect 175

2.2.3 Complements 175

2.2.4 Adverbials 176.

Notes:

"The Arden Shakespeare"--Cover.

The Arden Shakespeare is an imprint of Thomson Learning.

Includes indexes.

ISBN:

1903436362

OCLC:

52503700