# Shakespeare's Words

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- Book: [Shakespeare's Words](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-crystal/shakespeares-words) ([Shakespeare's Words.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-crystal/shakespeares-words.md))
- Authors: [David Crystal](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-crystal), [Ben Crystal](https://www.bookquiver.com/ben-crystal)
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-01-4029-117-9
- Pages: 676
- Published: 2004-04-01
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A vital resource for scholars, students and actors, this book contains glosses and quotes for over 14,000 words that could be misunderstood by or are unknown to a modern audience. Displayed panels look at such areas of Shakespeare's language as greetings, swear-words and terms of address. Plot summaries are included for all Shakespeare's plays and on the facing page is a unique diagramatic representation of the relationships within each play.