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Compares WBT with its Middle English analogues and comments on the relations between WBPT and ShT. http://repository.seikei.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/10928/86/1/bungaku-46_13-22.pdf (accessed January 12, 2016). In Japanese.

Discusses some key words in Chaucer.

Friar John is guilty of the sin of gluttony, which he discusses. Diction relating to foodstuffs recurs throughout SumT, as does "in-and-out" imagery, culminating in scatological diction that reflects John's degraded state of mind.

Explores Chaucer's subtle manipulation of the language and imagery of hunting in FrT.

Through the images of purse, pardon, and false relics Chaucer constructs the spiritually degraded portrait of reality of a "gilty and ful vicious" Pardoner.

Examines the meaning and Chaucer's attitude in CT 1(A).725-42 and his faith in words as compared to Shakespeare's.

Discusses parallels between the Birds' Parliament and the Good Parliament in 1376. In PF, Chaucer probably parodied the obstreperous Commons that played an active part in this historic parliament.

The use of contrast in PF is notable, as the poem begins with a suggestive contrast in "Ars longa, vita brevis." The main theme of the work may be considered to be a contrast of courtly love and natural love.

Discuses idealism and human foibles depicted in Chaucer's works, assessing them in light of contemporary social, political, and religious controversies and exploring how Chaucer poses ideals without denying human reality. Available at…

Commentary on social, political, ecclesiastical, and religious aspects of CT, with attention to particular pilgrims. Limited availability at http://hdl.handle.net/10069/9502; http://hdl.handle.net/10069/9506; http://hdl/handle.net/10069/9570;…

Discusses the use of the past perfect forms in GP and Mel. In Japanese with English abstract.

Grammatical description of Chaucer's nouns, with examples. In Japanese.

Grammatical description of Chaucer's pronouns, with examples. In Japanese.

Grammatical description of Chaucer's articles, adjectives, and numerals, with examples. In Japanese.

Uses transformational grammar to describe Chaucer's sentence structure. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10069/32242.

Grammatical description of Chaucer's infinitives and participles, with examples. In Japanese.

Grammatical description of verbs in Chaucer, with examples. In Japanese.

Grammatical description of Chaucer's adverbs, with examples. In Japanese.

Grammatical description of Chaucer's prepositions, with examples. In Japanese.

Grammatical description of Chaucer's syntactical patterns and omissions, with examples. In Japanese.

Phonetic description of Chaucer's pronunciation in Japanese, with transcription of MilT in the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Transcribes PardPT into the International Phonetic Alphabet, with introductory comments in Japanese.

Discusses the role of the narrator in BD, HF, PF, and TC.

Discusses the role of the narrator in Chaucer's early works.