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Episode 175: The English of Romeo and Juliet
· 1 h 33 min
Episode Episode 175: The English of Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is one of William Shakespeare’s most popular plays and one of the most popular plays ever written. In this episode, we examine the language of the play to see how it reflects the English of Elizabethan England, and we identify evidence of emerging pronunciations that would become common over the following centuries.
TRANSCRIPT: EPISODE 175
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