"Here comes the prince"

Language Log 2025-04-08

Summary:

"Shakespearean focus" featured a 2016 skit in which different actors promoted different focus choices in Hamlet's famous line: PAAPA ESSIEDU: «To be or not to be that is the question»… TIM MINCHIN: Right sorry, sorry. I mean – y-yes… I’m – yes – but if you don’t mind a note: O-OR: «To be OR not […]

Link:

https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=68817&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=here-comes-the-prince

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Tags:

prosody

Authors:

Mark Liberman

Date tagged:

04/08/2025, 09:13

Date published:

04/08/2025, 07:33