"'Where the devil should he learn our language?': Shakespeare's Territorial Linguistics" https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbo760/ Author: Emmerichs, Sharon. Type: Journal Article Year: 2020 Publication Information: Explorations in Renaissance Culture 46 (2020): 176–99. Annotation: Contends that Shakespeare's plays dramatize "the consequences of" a linguistic nationalism that defines "'a 'right' and a 'wrong' way to be 'English'" based on how characters speak. Shows how hierarchies of class, language, and nationality are imbricated. English summary, 176. Language: English Tags: Language, Linguistics, Philology, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism WSB Update: Fall 2025 WSB Record Number: bbbo760