Spelling Reform:

· spelling is a way of spread knowledge

· everything that avoid spelling is elitist

Chancery English (mid 14^th century):

· people started writing letters to the king

· Chancery spelling --> very similar compared with nowadays

Hart’s Orthographie, 1569:

è he want that every letter stand for one sound

è he was doing a phonetic transcription of the language

GVS : GREAT VOWEL SHIFT

Renaissence: man. A complete one

1. Stratford-on-Avon: birthplace of Shakespeare

2. Cambridge University: Translation of Authorised Version

3. Warwickshire: Country Vocabulary

4. London: where Shakespeare wrote his plays

5. Penny Downey : Australia

A. John Bois: the King James’ version of the Bible

B. Sir Johan Guilgud: Shakespearean acting

C. John Barton: Shakespearean director

D. Sir Thomas More: Latin borrowngs

E. Henry VIII: the Great Bible

I. 1558-1603: Reign of Elisabeth I

II. 1603-1625: Reign of James I

III. 1564: Shakespeare born April 23 (?) in Stratford-on-Avon

IV. 1611: King James Bible published

V. 1623: Shakespeare dies April 23

VERSE: The Creation

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

And the earth was qithout form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep

And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night

Shakespeare

è 34.000 words -> extravagance

è 8.000 words -> the Bible

Shakespeare used :

· nouns as verbs : uncle

duke

peagent

· he invented words : assassination

premeditation

accomodation

obscene