https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shakespeare-s-language-and-more--3089329
Best to start with episode 1 and work through them in order.]]>enSociety & CultureCopyright Keith Johnsonhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a7e97452e85187a517d59aff14852cf3.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shakespeare-s-language-and-more--3089329Mon, 06 Aug 2018 18:20:32 +0000Keith JohnsonKeith Johnsonfeeds@spreaker.comEach episode focuses on some aspect of Shakespeare’s language – usually, though not always, on a single word Shakespeare uses. But each time discussion broadens out, to look at some aspect of language in general, or of English as we use it today....
Best to start with episode 1 and work through them in order.]]>cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/10-good-my-lord-02-08-2018-16-12--15411963https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15411963Fri, 03 Aug 2018 10:17:49 +0000Keith JohnsonThe phrase 'good my lord' is the topic of this episode, which looks in general at 'words in curious orders and combinations'.524cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/9-eyes-02-08-2018-15-32--15411959https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15411959Fri, 03 Aug 2018 10:16:21 +0000Keith JohnsonThe episode is all about punctuation, and begins with Shakespeare's sentence 'Eyes, do you see!'. Notice the exclamation mark.1221cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/8-why-02-08-2018-14-36--15411956https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15411956Fri, 03 Aug 2018 10:14:22 +0000Keith JohnsonThe episode looks at some words beginning with 'wh-' which are used to ask questions, like 'what' and 'when'. Most attention is given to 'why'.900cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/7-fathom-02-08-2018-11-32--15411952https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15411952Fri, 03 Aug 2018 10:12:18 +0000Keith JohnsonThe general theme of this episode is 'units of measurement', and we begin with Shakespeare's word 'fathom'.741cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/6-fardel-02-08-2018-11-09--15411946https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15411946Fri, 03 Aug 2018 10:10:57 +0000Keith JohnsonShakespeare's word 'fardel' is the starting-point for this episode, which also looks at the topic of 'suffixes'.751cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/5-blesseth-02-08-2018-10-49--15411943https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15411943Fri, 03 Aug 2018 10:09:16 +0000Keith JohnsonThis episode's word is 'blessed'. We look at the general theme of 'language contact and language change'.873cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/4-shrewd-31-07-2018-14-42--15411934https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15411934Fri, 03 Aug 2018 10:07:44 +0000Keith JohnsonThe starting-point is the word 'shrewd'. We also look at how words can start off meaning something nasty, and end up meaning something nice.1015cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/3-pandar-31-07-2018-11-39--15411890https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15411890Fri, 03 Aug 2018 10:04:26 +0000Keith JohnsonThis episode's word is 'panda' (spelt 'pander' today. The episode also looks at the theme of 'proper and common nouns'.1057cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/2-discandied-31-07-2018-11-10--15411839https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15411839Fri, 03 Aug 2018 09:57:42 +0000Keith JohnsonIn this episode the Shakespeare word is 'discandied', and we also discuss the 'death of words'.1513cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1-bully-31-07-2018-10-16--15411748https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15411748Fri, 03 Aug 2018 09:29:17 +0000Keith JohnsonThe episode starts with Shakespeare's use of the word 'bully. It then goes on to talk about 'beliefs about word origins'.873english,language,shakespearecleanfull