[Lexicog] The influence of Shakespeare on the English language (was: Onomatopoeia)

[Margaret Marks]

On 5/20/07, Fred Shapiro <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
> On Sun, 20 May 2007, Fritz Goerling wrote:
>
> > You seem to be quite knowledgeable about Shakespeare, so the following
> > information about the bard's influence on the English language might not be
> > new to you but to others on the list.
> >

Luther's influence on German has also been overestimated, it seems to
be the opinion today. He may have acted as a sort of channel through
which a particular flavour of German took precedence, and in that way
been more influential than Shakespeare was for English.

Margaret Marks


 
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