'Thou' and 'Ye' in Chaucer's Clerk's Tale
- Author / Editor
- Wilcockson, Colin.
'Thou' and 'Ye' in Chaucer's Clerk's Tale
- Published
- Use of English 31 (1980): 37-43.
- Description
- The Marquis in ClT addresses Janicola with the formal "ye" and, at certain points, Griselda as "thou," the intimate or insulting form. In keeping with her unfailing humility, Griselda never deviates from the formal "ye" when addressing Walter.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Clerk and His Tale.