"Can" in Shakespeare and Marlowe
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2014
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Adam Mickiewicz University
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This paper seeks to present the main meanings and the use of the modal verb can in the plays of
two Early Modern English playwrights, William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe. In particular,
the study aims at presenting a comparative analysis and provides descriptive as well as
quantitative data. The research is based on the analysis of the corpus consisting of the plays written
by Shakespeare and Marlowe between 1593-1599. The choice of the works is not random but
includes the plays which bear the strongest resemblance in terms of theme, structure, and most
importantly, the language of both authors.
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modal verb can, Shakespeare, Marlowe
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Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, 2014 vol. 49.1, pp. 31-55
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0081-6272