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The Oxford English Dictionary credits William Shakespeare with coining up to 2,000 words we use today. 《牛津英语词典》把我们当代常用的2000个单词的诞生归功于莎士比亚。 But linguists from Manchester have found that rappers, such as Eminem and London-based Akala, are actually more adept at creating lyrics and prose than the 16th century poet. 曼彻斯特的一些语言学家却发现痞子阿姆（Eminem）和伦敦音乐人Akala等说唱歌手在创作歌词、散文方面其实比这位16世纪诗人更游刃有余。 By studying rap lyrics, the experts said that traditional and complex rhyming comes so easy to hip-hop artists, the skill is almost 'second nature' to them. 专家们通过研究说唱音乐歌词发现，对说唱歌手而言，创作传统押韵和复杂押韵作品简直小菜一碟，就像他们的第二本能。 The research was led by Louise Middleton, a third-year linguistics student at Manchester University. 该项研究由曼彻斯特大学语言专业三年级学生露易斯·米德尔顿主持开展。 Lyrics were taken from Eminen's 'Rap God' and Akala's 'Shakespeare', as well as tracks by Public Enemy. 研究的歌词包括痞子阿姆的《说唱之神》，Akala的《莎士比亚》以及公众之敌（Public Enemy）的歌曲。 Ms Middleton found that while Shakespeare and poet John Keats, as examples, may have had a better style when it came to rhyming couplets and more traditional verse, modern rappers excel at rearranging sentences to make them fit. | 
