Some Notes on the 'gan'-Periphrasis
- Author / Editor
- Iwasaki, Haruo.
Some Notes on the 'gan'-Periphrasis
- Published
- Key-Word Studies in Chaucer 1 (1984): 15-32.
- Description
- Gives frequency of "gan" in each work by Chaucer, an exhaustive list of verbs in this construction, and rhythmical patterns according to frequency. Chaucer used the "gan" periphrasis in a conscious, stereotyped way.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies.