Derived Words in Chaucer's 'Boece': The Translator as Wordsmith

Author / Editor
Donner, Morton.

Title
Derived Words in Chaucer's 'Boece': The Translator as Wordsmith

Published
Chaucer Review 18 (1984): 187-203.

Description
In translating Bo from the original Latin and a French translation, Chaucer often adapts a word from the latter to create new concepts, especially with English gerunds.

Chaucer Subjects
Boece.