Tag Archives: Shakespeare
Shakespeare and social status
Shakespeare and Social Status Senior Research Associate, Dr Sean Murphy, discusses how he categorised each of Shakespeare’s 1,402 characters according to social status. Introduction Social class matters. Sir Thomas Smith, writing at the time Shakespeare was born, was certainly … Continue reading
Constructing the comparative corpus
Constructing a corpus of other Early Modern English plays for comparison with those by William Shakespeare. – Dr Jane Demmen Although Shakespeare’s plays have a uniquely high profile in English literature and language, he was in fact one of a … Continue reading
Is ‘more better’ a mistake if Shakespeare said it?
Research Associate Sean Murphy looks at Shakespeare’s use of more better, and considers whether we can really consider it a mistake if Shakespeare himself said it… Learning English as a foreign language is hard. Learners are often corrected by teachers … Continue reading
Smoothing out spelling variation
Research Associate Jane Demmen highlights some of the issues involved in working with variable spellings that were typical of English in Shakespeare’s time… These days there are many sophisticated software tools that can find, count, sort and display words in … Continue reading
Panel Meeting – 27 July 2016
On 27th July 2016, the Encyclopaedia of Shakespeare’s Language team held its first panel meeting. The panel meeting was essentially an opportunity for the project’s advisors / ambassadors to visit our research centre and learn more about our aims and ambitions. … Continue reading
Technology, Shakespeare, Linguistics…
Bernard Murphy offers an overview of some of the work being undertaken by Research Associate, Sean Murphy, on the project… “My brother Sean is working on post-doctoral research in linguistics, especially the use of language in Shakespeare’s plays. Which may … Continue reading
A methodological journey…
Principal Investigator, Jonathan Culpeper, shares his thoughts on why the methods used on the Encyclopaedia of Shakespeare’s Language project are quite so unique… Just before Christmas 2015, the AHRC announced that it was going to fund the £1 million Encyclopaedia … Continue reading