16th century grammar books and Shakespeare’s Original Pronunciation
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Channel: Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) · 2016 · Education
David Crystal, author of The Oxford Dictionary of Original Shakespeare Pronunciation explains how sixteenth century books on grammar and language – by Ben Jonson and others – give evidence on how Shakespeare’s plays would have sounded in their day. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/9780199668427 David Crystal is known throughout the world as a writer, editor, lecturer, and broadcaster on language. His writings on Shakespeare include Pronouncing Shakespeare, Think on my Words: Exploring Shakespeare’s Language, and with Ben Crystal Shakespeare’s Words, The Shakespeare Miscellany, and the Oxford Illustrated Shakespeare Dictionary. © Oxford University Press
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