Courtly Speech in Chaucer
- Author / Editor
- Burnley, David.
Courtly Speech in Chaucer
- Published
- Poetica: An International Journal of Linguistic Literary Studies 24 (1986): 16-38.
- Description
- Discusses the sociomoral and aesthetic qualities that constitute courtly speech, including social attitude, voice quality, brevity, plainness of speech, and sensitivity and understanding. Based on passages spoken "curteisly" in Chaucer, Burnley's analysis examines passages in three ways:address, messsage, and attitude. Language defines the person in Chaucer's courtly world.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies.