Shakespeare's Universe of Discourse: Language-Games in the ComediesThis 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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INTRODUCTION GAMES AND FRAMES | 1 |
ii Shakespeares language Shakespeares come dies Shakespeares critics | 2 |
the speech act | 6 |
the languagegame Ιο | 10 |
v Frames for the games | 18 |
vi Shakespeare and the Elizabethan universe of discourse | 21 |
language en abyme | 23 |
ONE PERFORMANCES | 33 |
the work in progress | 70 |
TWO UNIVERSES | 72 |
universes of discourse | 83 |
iii An appertinent title | 85 |
iv Beginnings | 89 |
THREE SIGNS | 114 |
with a glance at Mistress Quicklys garter | 159 |
FOUR ACTS | 177 |
three and a half epi logues and one induction | 34 |
iii Presentation framed or the agonies of exposi tion | 40 |
iv The presence of the voice | 46 |
verbal indices | 50 |
verbal icons | 57 |
speaking as perfor mance | 64 |
FIVE FIGURES | 235 |
Glossary | 309 |
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Shakespeare's Universe of Discourse: Language-Games in the Comedies Keir Elam Náhled není k dispozici. - 1984 |
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