'Thou' and 'Ye' in Chaucer's Clerk's Tale

Author / Editor
Wilcockson, Colin.

Title
'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.