The Tender For Law

Volume 8

Oct 13, 2014 11:46 PM

Scott Duncan

LOOK AT ALL THE NEW WORDS

Shakespeare's influence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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William Shakespeare's influence extends from theatre and literature to present-day movies and the English language itself. Widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language,[1] and the world's pre-eminent dramatist,[2][3][4] Shakespeare transformed European theatre by expanding expectat�

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T?lis B?auns

"He created these words by, "changing nouns into verbs, changing verbs into adjectives, connecting words never before used together, adding prefixes and suffixes, and devising words wholly original." (from above wiki)

There is no evidence there was in Shakespeare�s lifetime any concept of author�s rights�. (85, emphasis added) (re. author's rights) 1908, Matus (not a lawyer) rejects the idea that the common law would not have allowed the publication of a manuscript without the consent of its author, declaring with self-imposed authority http://shakespeare-oxford.com/wp-content/oxfordian/to-01-detobel-author_rights.pdf

T?lis B?auns

A complete set of Shakespeare translations in Esperanto � 26 volumes in all. The earliest, The Tempest, dated from 1905 and the latest, the ninth edition of Hamlet, from 2006. http://blog.shakespearegeek.com/2007/11/shakespeare-in-esperanto.html

Scott Duncan

Yes, but only if you have new words to fill the gaps.

The purpose is to introduce the words. At the time, it was sold as "Olde English", but the GOAL was to make it seem like use of these words made you appear "smart".

Anibal Jose Baez

Looking more closely, the same was been done by the Spanish nobility by introducing Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. Some refer to Spanish as "la lengua de Cervantes" ("the language of Cervantes"). He wrote Don Quixote de la Mancha. If he really existed.