Shakespeare’s Influence on Language

1. Eric Salerno, Mike Sullivan, Terry Hurst, Nathan Laubham Shakespeare’s Influence on Language

2. Shakespeare invented many words in his life time • Some of them include: • Frugal • Assassination • Lonely • Road • Seamy • Bump • Clangor • Majestic Shakespeare’s words

3. He also invented many phrases including: • It’s Greek to me • Hot-blooded • Every dog will have his day • Method in his madness • Heartsick • All that glitters isn’t gold Shakespeare’s phrases

4. Shakespeare changed the grammatical structure of many words during the renaissance in his writings. • Shakespeare would often take nouns and turn them into verbs. • Ex. Shakespeare took the noun “antic” (a fool) and changed it to the verb “anticked” (to make a fool of). Shakespeare influence on Grammar

5. Shakespeare was a master of creating insults • Some of his insults include: • Thou art a flesh monger, a fool and a coward • Thou art like a toad; ugly and venemous • Thine face is not worth sunburing • My wife’s a hobby horse • Peace, ye fat guts Shakespeare’s insults

6. When Shakespeare wrote his literature he wrote in old English so his work needs to be translated • Many of the words have multiple meanings which makes the translation difficult • In modern English “you” is used for singular and plural • Thou was used for singular and ye for plural • Overall the two are similar grammatical structure Old english & shakespeare

7. Because of European influence increasing in English society, European vocabulary integrated into English writing. • Shakespeare loved to exploit this in his writing to create many different meanings of the same word. • Ex. In the sentence “Light, seeking light, doth light of light beguile.” the word “Light” has multiple meanings of wisdom, eyesight, and actual daylight. Shakespeare changes the meaning of words

8. Shakespeare’s famous for his effect on early modern English • He was a lead figure in the renaissance explosion of inventive language we see when we look back at Shakespeare’s time • He accomplished this due to the fact that English was as people modernised it into everyday life Shakesspeares linguistic inventionsh

9. The bible is easier to read although it is written in the same type of old english • Shakespeare’s English is actually very similar to the English we speak today • Shakespeare’s often wrote in verse, therefore it can be difficult to understand Understanding old english

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