A Syntactic Correlate of Style Switching in the 'Canterbury Tales'
- Author / Editor
- Hess, Lynn,and Caroline Duncan-Rose.
A Syntactic Correlate of Style Switching in the 'Canterbury Tales'
- Published
- J. Peter Maher and others, eds. Papers from the Third International Conference on Historical Linguistics. Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, vol. 13. Amsterdam Studies in the Theory and History of Linguistic Science, 4th series. (Amsterdam: John Benjamins B.V., 1982), pp. 293-322.
- Description
- A structural analysis of discourse and narration in CT reveals that tense shifting heretofore considered a flaw by some, is actually a manifestation of Chaucer's extraordinary ear for idiom and his careful exploitation of his audience's feel for language.
- Contributor
- Duncan-Rose, Caroline.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies.