Naslov
The Use of Shakespeare's Idioms in Present-Day English

Autori
Krasnić, Anton

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Ocjenski radovi, diplomski rad, diplomski

Fakultet
Filozofski fakultet

Mjesto
Zagreb

Datum
12.05

Godina
2021

Stranica
56

Mentor
Stanojević, Mateusz-Milan

Ključne riječi
William Shakespeare, idioms, Early Modern English, Present-Day English, British English, American English

Sažetak
This thesis deals with how William Shakespeare coined his words and idioms, the size of his vocabulary and some basic facts about Early Modern English, British English and American English. It also presents an analysis of several phrases and idioms from six plays penned by Shakespeare. Those idioms are split into groups according to whether or not they contain archaic vocabulary or collocates. The British National Corpus and the Corpus of Contemporary American English are used so as to determine the frequency of those idioms in the two varieties of English and to ascertain to what extent they have been incorporated into each variety. All in all, the ultimate goal of this analysis is to determine to what extent these idioms are present in Present-Day English as well as whether they appear more frequently in American or British English.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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