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Five myths about Shakespeare's contribution to the English language

Shakespeare’s language is widely considered to represent the pinnacle of English, and deploying large-scale computer analyses, and has been transforming what we know about Shakespeare’s language. The myth that Shakespeare coined loads of words has partly fueled the myth that Shakespeare’s language constitutes one-quarter, a half, or even all of the words of today’s English language.