By: Connor, Jordan, Jake and Jordan

Shakespeare's Influence on

Language

Words Shakespeare InventedShakespeare uses 17,677 words in which he

created 1,700 of them:Auspicious AerialBloodySubmergeChangefulLonelyHurryGloomy

Phrases Shakespeare Invented All that glitters isn’t gold Flaming youth Hot-blooded Naked truth To much of a good thing Heart sick Elbowroom Catch a cold Break the ice

Insults Shakespeare InventedAll’s well that ends

wellMeasure for measureMy wife’s a hobby

horsePeace ye fat gutsThine face is not

worth sun burningYour brain is a dry as

the remainder biscuits after voyage

Shakespeare’s Development of Early Modern English

In modern English we use you singular and plural but in old times thou was for addressing a person: ye for more then one

As a refection of higher status of males in the male/female context a husband might address is wife as thou, and she might reply respectfully with you

Shakespeare was acutely aware of the way the early modern English language that he grew up with was changing, so that gives hi a reason to change the meanings and create some words

Early Modern English-continued There was a huge inflow of other languages

into the English language as a result of renaissance cross-pollination

In loves' labors lost he is able to exploit multiple meanings of one word to create a sentence like lights, seeking light, doth light of light beguile or intellect, wisdom, eyesight and daylight

Writers are now able to write and create written piece’s because of Shakespeare

Early Modern English-continued

The use of thou to a person of equal rank could be used as an insult.

Sir Toby belch advises sir Andrew aguecheek on how to write a challenge to the court’s youth, viola: if thou thou’st him somethrie, it shall not be amiss.

Early Modern English-continued The use of thou and you also had emotional

dimensions Thou commonly expressed special intimacy or

affection: you, formally, politeness, and distance. ( that form is still used in French today in the use of vous and tu.)

Thou might also be used by an inferior to a superior, to express such feeling as anger and contempt or to be insulting and this is one of the areas where Shakespeare is able to get extra levels of meaning by showing disrespect by one character for another's status

Old English and Shakespeare Though Shakespeare's

stories are over a hundred years old they are still as exciting and relevant as they were to Shakespeare audience

They may be hard to read but when you figure it out he can be one of the best authors you have ever read

Old English and Shakespeare Shakespeare is also hard because it is in

old English and old English is very hard because the grammar of the writing is difficult

Old English is also similar to the modern language because it is just the same meaning but with easier grammar structure and spellings

Therefore most of the words, phrases, sentences and speeches have multiple meanings

Works Cited "Shakespeare’s Development Of Early

Modern English.” Shakespeare Resources: Modern English Shakespeare Translations. No Sweat Shakespeare, n.d. Web. 2 Apr. 2012.