Sociolinguistics and the Study of Medieval English

Author / Editor
Durmuller, Urs.

Title
Sociolinguistics and the Study of Medieval English

Published
Andre Crepin, ed. Linguistic and Stylistic Studies in Medieval English. Publications de l'Association des Medievistes de l'Ensignement Superieur 10. (Paris, 1984): pp. 5-22.

Description
Using applied sociolinguistics, Durmuller follows Schauber and Spolsky in analysis of verbal behavior of the Pardoner, whose oddities in language (speech acts, pronominal reference, selection of lexical items) relate to his strange behavior.

Contributor
Crepin, Andre, ed.

Alternative Title
Linguistic and Stylistic Studies in Medieval English.

Chaucer Subjects
Pardoner and His Tale.