Sociolinguistics and the Study of Medieval English
- Author / Editor
- Durmuller, Urs.
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.