The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 8.0952. Wednesday, 24 September 1997.
[1] From: Curt L. Tofteland <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 23 Sep 1997 10:29:51 -0400 (EDT)
Subj: Re: Shakespeare's Voc
[2] From: Virginia M. Byrne <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 23 Sep 1997 16:24:00 -0400 (EDT)
Subj: Re: SHK 8.0947 Q: Shakespeare's Vocabulary
[3] From: Skip Nicholson <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 23 Sep 1997 15:06:55 -0700
Subj: Re: SHK 8.0947 Q: Shakespeare's Vocabulary
[4] From: Steven Marx <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 23 Sep 1997 15:08:59 -0700
Subj: Re: SHK 8.0947 Q: Shakespeare's Vocabulary
[5] From: Evelyn Gajowski <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 23 Sep 1997 19:31:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subj: Re: Shakespeare's Vocabulary
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From: Curt L. Tofteland <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 23 Sep 1997 10:29:51 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Shakespeare's Voc
In his wonderful book, THE MIRACLE OF LANGUAGE, Richard Lederer credits
Will with a vocabulary of 20,138 basewords with over 1700 of them as
first usage.
Curt L. Tofteland
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From: Virginia M. Byrne <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 23 Sep 1997 16:24:00 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: 8.0947 Q: Shakespeare's Vocabulary
Comment: Re: SHK 8.0947 Q: Shakespeare's Vocabulary
I've heard the number 30,000
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From: Skip Nicholson <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 23 Sep 1997 15:06:55 -0700
Subject: 8.0947 Q: Shakespeare's Vocabulary
Comment: Re: SHK 8.0947 Q: Shakespeare's Vocabulary
For Shakespeare's vocabulary---
Marvin Spevack in his 1973 _Harvard Concordance to Shakespeare_ lists
slightly over 29,000 different words. Newer technology could provide a
precise number, but for general purposes, 29-30,000 would be accurate.
Skip Nicholson
South Pasadena (CA) HS
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From: Steven Marx <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 23 Sep 1997 15:08:59 -0700
Subject: 8.0947 Q: Shakespeare's Vocabulary
Comment: Re: SHK 8.0947 Q: Shakespeare's Vocabulary
General Introduction to Norton Shakespeare says 25 000 words (p.63)
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From: Evelyn Gajowski <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 23 Sep 1997 19:31:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: Shakespeare's Vocabulary
To Roger Schmeekle:
According to Martin Spevack ("Preface," *The Harvard Concordance to
Shakespeare* [Cambridge, MA: Belknap/Harvard U P, 1973], v), his
concordance includes 29,066 different words.
Regards,
Evelyn Gajowski
University of Nevada, Las Vegas