Latin and French loan words in the 'General Prologue' to the 'Canterbury Tales'
- Author / Editor
- Hoya, Katusuzo.
Latin and French loan words in the 'General Prologue' to the 'Canterbury Tales'
- Published
- Memoirs 30 (1979): 39-51.
- Description
- A complete list of the Latin and French loan words in GP, including proper nouns. Chaucer is indebted to earlier borrowings, especially to those in the "Ancrene Riwle." The number of Chaucer's own borrowings is indicated. A high ratio of the borrowed verbs, next to the nouns and adjectives, proves the profundity of borrowing.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies.