This book provides a historical insight into the use and meanings of modal verbs in the language of the Early Modern English period. It investigates how William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe employ these verbs in their tragedies and history plays dating back to the end of the 16th century. Comparative analyses add to the clarity of the book and fill a gap in the research on Marlovian language, which so far has been under-investigated in contrast to the language of William Shakespeare. The findings offered here shed light on the history of modal verbs and constitute a valuable contribution to contemporary Early Modern English studies. As such, the book represents an important resource for students, teachers, and researchers involved in the study of Early Modern English language and language change.

This landmark collection of newly-commissioned essays by leading international scholars, offers expert close readings of Shakespeare and other early modern authors. The book is an intervention into current critical methodology as well as an invaluable tool for all students of the literature of the period, exemplifying the possibilities of close reading in the hands of a range of gifted practitioners. Chapters cover a range of key texts from Shakespeare and other major writers of the period such as Milton, Donne, Jonson and Sidney. This is a unique collection as no other book offers such a rich variety of self-contained, short-form close readings. As such it can be used in the undergraduate classroom as well as by scholars and post-graduates and will also appeal to literary readers with an enthusiasm for Shakespeare. Contributors include leading Shakespeareans Stanley Wells, Stanley Fish, Coppelia Kahn and Lukas Erne.

This book contains eleven carefully selected papers, all discussing negative constructions in English. The aim of this volume is to bring together empirical research into the development of English negation and analyses of syntactic variations in Present-day English negation. The first part "Aspects of Negation in the History of English" includes six contributions, that focus on the usages of the negative adverbs ne and not, the decline of negative concord, and the development of the auxiliary do in negation. Most of the themes discussed here are then linked to the second part "Aspects of Negation in Present-day English". Especially, the issue of negative concord is repeatedly explored by three of the five papers in this part, one related to British English dialects in general, another to Tyneside English, and the other to African American Vernacular English. This book uniquely highlights the importance of continuity from Old English to Present-day English, while, in its introduction, it provides a useful detailed survey of previous studies on English negation.

What can developments in contemporary linguistics and language theory reveal about Shakespeare's language in the plays? Shakespeare's Common Language demonstrates how methods borrowed from language criticism can illuminate the surprising expressive force of Shakespeare's common words. With chapters focused on different approaches based in language theory, the book analyses language change in Coriolanus; discourse analysis in Troilus and Cressida; pragmatics in Richard II; and various aspects of grammar in As You Like It. In mapping the tools of linguistics and language theory onto the study of literature, and employing finely-grained close readings of dialogue, Shakespeare's Common Language frames a methodology that offers a fresh approach to reading dramatic language.

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Modals and related phenomena are without doubt one of the most complicated issues in the grammar of language. This study provides a reappraisal of the modals in Shakespeare's language from the pragmatic viewpoint, both micropragmatic and macropragmatic. The material selected for analysis are modals SHALL, SHOULD, WILL, WOULD, and their contracted forms. Micropragmatic aspects such as speech acts seem relatively easily accessible to historical researchers; however, this study moves further into the macropragmatic dimensions of language use than the earlier ones and covers politeness, dialogue, and discourse analysis.

1. This book deals with CBSE New Pattern English Language & Literature for Class 9 2. It is divided into 3 Sections as per Term 1 Syllabus 3. Quick Revision Notes covering all the sections 4. Carries all types of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) 5. Detailed Explanation for all types of questions 6. 3 practice papers based on entire Term 1 Syllabus with OMR Sheet With the introduction of new exam pattern, CBSE has introduced 2 Term Examination Policy, where; Term 1 deals with MCQ based questions, while Term 2 Consists of Subjective Questions. Introducing, Arihant’s “CBSE New Pattern Series”, the first of its kind providing the complete emphasize on Multiple Choice Questions which are designated in TERM 1 of each subject from Class 9 th to 12 th . Serving as a new preparatory guide, here’s presenting the all new edition of “CBSE New Pattern English Language & Literature for Class 9 Term 1” that is designed to cover all the Term I chapters as per rationalized syllabus in a Complete & Comprehensive form. Focusing on the MCQs, this book divided the first have syllabus of English Language & Literature into 3 Sections giving the complete coverage. Quick Revision Notes are covering all the Topics of the chapter. As per the prescribed pattern by the board, this book carries all types of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) including; Assertion – Reasoning Based MCQs and Cased MCQs for the overall preparation. Detailed Explanations of the selected questions help students to get the pattern and questions as well. Lastly, 3 Practice Questions are provided for the revision of the concepts. TOC Section A: Reading, Section B: Writing and Grammar and Section C: Literature, Practice Papers (1-3).

1. This book deals with CBSE New Pattern English for Class 10 2. It is divided into 3 Sections as per Term 1 Syllabus 3. Quick Revision Notes covering all the Topics of the chapter 4. Carries all types of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) 5. Detailed Explanation for all types of questions 6. 3 practice papers based on entire Term 1 Syllabus with OMR Sheet With the introduction of new exam pattern, CBSE has introduced 2 Term Examination Policy, where; Term 1 deals with MCQ based questions, while Term 2 Consists of Subjective Questions. Introducing, Arihant’s “CBSE New Pattern Series”, the first of its kind providing the complete emphasize on Multiple Choice Questions which are designated in TERM 1 of each subject from Class 9th to 12th. Serving as a new preparatory guide, here’s presenting the all new edition of “CBSE New Pattern English for Class 10 Term 1” that is designed to cover all the Term I chapters as per rationalized syllabus in a Complete & Comprehensive form. Focusing on the MCQs, this book divided the first have syllabus of English into 3 Sections giving the complete coverage. Quick Revision Notes are covering all the Topics of the chapter. As per the prescribed pattern by the board, this book carries all types of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) including; Assertion – Reasoning Based MCQs and Cased MCQs for the overall preparation. Detailed Explanations of the selected questions help students to get the pattern and questions as well. Lastly, 3 Practice Questions are provided for the revision of the concepts. TOC Section A: Reading, Section B: Writing, Section C: Literature, Practice Papers (1-3).