The Function of Language in Three Canterbury Churchmen

Author / Editor
Holley, Linda Tarte.

Title
The Function of Language in Three Canterbury Churchmen

Published
Parergon 28 (1980): 36-44.

Description
The abuse of language, which perverts man's reason and his link to the divine, is seen in the Pardoner, the Friar's summoner and the Summoner's friar.

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies.
Pardoner and His Tale.
Friar and His Tale.
Summoner and His Tale.