Chaucer and Dialectology

Author / Editor
Dor, Juliette.

Title
Chaucer and Dialectology

Published
Studia Anglica Posnaniensia 20 (1988, for 1987): 59-68.

Description
After a survey of the reactions to Tolkien's article on the use of the northern dialect in RvT, Dor shows--on the basis of internal evidence--the geographical background of each pilgrim and the gradation in the process of Londonization.

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies.
Reeve and His Tale.