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Confronts as an "orthographic paradox" Scribe B's uses of "Þt," arguing that the "short form is not specific to the orthography of the exemplar but generic to all variants" of the word "that."

Revised edition of the late Ichikawa's introduction to Chaucer's English (reprinted many times since 1934), with text on the left side and it pronunciation in IPA notation on the facing page with a Modern English prose translation underneath. Notes…

Points out lines of ClT not included in either of the Latin and French sources and considers the meanings of these additions by Chaucer. Argues that Walter is characterized as stricter in ClT, and discusses the narrator Clerk's position in relation…

Categorizes nouns in NPT into twenty groups according to their meanings, counts the numbers of Latin-based nouns and Old English-based nouns in each category, and considers possible implications of their proportions. In Japanese.

Classifies the nouns in NPT using the categories presented by an English lexicon. Considers the proportion of Latin-based nouns and Old English-based nouns in each category. In Japanese.

Classifies nouns in WBT into semantic categories and discusses proportions of OE-derived nouns to Latin-derived nouns within some of these categories. In Japanese.

Examines concern with land ownership in the Tale of Gamelyn in light of contemporary land values and incomes. The audience of the poem may have considered Sir John's division of his property in the poem both legal and morally justified.

Reviews the language used in schools and universities. French was the usual language of instruction until 1350, and perhaps later in universities.

Compares and contrasts late medieval English adverbial usage in a number of legal texts with those found in a "Reference Corpus," the latter including a number of examples from Chaucer's works.

Examines the plot of PrT in relation to the patterns of the saints' legends as well as relevant historical contexts, and discusses Chaucer's intention as well as narrator's and characters' roles. Compares PrT and Marian miracles in Oxford,…

Discusses SNT from several perspectives related to saints' legends, including the representation of the saint in SNT, the
etymology of Cecilia, the sources of SNT, the Second Nun as a narrator, SNT's position in CT, and Chaucer's attitude toward…

Gives positive evidence of final "-e" in Chaucer's rhyme, especially in thirty-two rhyme sequences in which the distinction between two successive rhymes is made only by presence in one and absence from the other of final "-e".

Examines Chaucer's uses of the inorganic final -e in The General Prologue.

Deals with late ME pronunciation shown in rhymes of literary works written mostly in East Anglia and the Southeast Midlands, including London, 1300-1500.

A brief introduction to Chaucer's vocabulary compared to present-day English, his grammar, his pronunciation and spellings, and his versification. In Japanese.

Compares usage of the different past forms of "see" in the Hengwrt and Ellesmere manuscripts to identify Chaucer's original forms as distinguished from the scribes' later alternations. In Japanese.

Describes the general influence of European literature on Chaucer's works. In Japanese.

Introduction includes information on early printed editions, language, and a comparison of the three texts, accompanied by four plates.

Vol. 1: Text and Introduction.

Translates lines 1-117 of GP into Japanese, based on The Riverside Chaucer (1987).

A comprehensive Japanese translation of CT, collaborated upon by twenty-four scholars. Each tale has an introduction, translation, and supporting notes. In Japanese.

Examines how BD was influenced by the conventions of French and Latin literature. Concludes that the poet found novelty in classical authors and created his own imaginary love poem.

Thirteen previously published articles study "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," medieval English Literature, the development of Arthurian literature, and Middle English romances. Contains a Japanese translation of the first two branches of…

A report of the main papers read both at the Fourth International Chaucer Congress in York, England (1984), and at the Fourteenth International Arthurian Congress in Rennes, France (1984).

Examines irony of WBP based both on antifeminism and on antimaritalism of medieval European literature and shows that Alison is a comic, dramatic character.