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Introduction This assignment aims to investigate the meaning changes of words and the changes of vowels between the Elizabethan and the modern English language. For this intention I have chosen to analyze ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ (1599). The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the language used by William Shakespeare with the particular words which disappeared or went through meaning changes during the past centuries and to introduce one of the main characters, Beatrice as an early feminist heroine. I have chosen this comedic play since I think it is a great source to know more about the roots, history and variations of English, the global lingua franca at the present time. I believe that investigating Beatrice’s character is

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