Shakespeare's Language . . . and more

By Keith Johnson

Each episode focuses on some aspect of Shakespeare’s language – usually, though not always, on a single word Shakespeare uses. But each time discussion broadens out, to look at some aspect of language... more

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The podcast currently has 10 episodes available.

Shakespeare's Language . . . and more episodes:

August 03, 2018 10. Good my lord - 02_08_2018, 16.12
The phrase 'good my lord' is the topic of this episode, which looks in general at 'words in curious orders and combinations'.
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9min
August 03, 2018 9. Eyes - 02_08_2018, 15.32
The episode is all about punctuation, and begins with Shakespeare's sentence 'Eyes, do you see!'. Notice the exclamation mark.
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21min
August 03, 2018 8. Why - 02_08_2018, 14.36
The episode looks at some words beginning with 'wh-' which are used to ask questions, like 'what' and 'when'. Most attention is given to 'why'.
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15min
August 03, 2018 7. Fathom - 02_08_2018, 11.32
The general theme of this episode is 'units of measurement', and we begin with Shakespeare's word 'fathom'.
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13min
August 03, 2018 6. Fardel- 02_08_2018, 11.09
Shakespeare's word 'fardel' is the starting-point for this episode, which also looks at the topic of 'suffixes'.
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13min
August 03, 2018 5. Blesseth- 02_08_2018, 10.49
This episode's word is 'blessed'. We look at the general theme of 'language contact and language change'.
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15min
August 03, 2018 4. Shrewd - 31_07_2018, 14.42
The starting-point is the word 'shrewd'. We also look at how words can start off meaning something nasty, and end up meaning something nice.
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17min
August 03, 2018 3. Pandar - 31_07_2018, 11.39
This episode's word is 'panda' (spelt 'pander' today. The episode also looks at the theme of 'proper and common nouns'.
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18min
August 03, 2018 2. Discandied - 31_07_2018, 11.10
In this episode the Shakespeare word is 'discandied', and we also discuss the 'death of words'.
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26min
August 03, 2018 1. Bully - 31_07_2018, 10.16
The episode starts with Shakespeare's use of the word 'bully. It then goes on to talk about 'beliefs about word origins'.
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15min

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The podcast currently has 10 episodes available.