Middle English Adverbs of Affirming

Author / Editor
Shimogasa, Tokuji.

Title
Middle English Adverbs of Affirming

Published
Hiroshima Studies in English Language and Literature 25 (1980): 13-28.

Description
Several Middle English adverbs of affirmation ("ywis," "wytterly," "sikerly," and "verayment") found in many medieval romances and in many of Chaucer's works function primarily as words of elaboration.

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies.