Punning on 'Cosyn' and 'Cosynage' in Chaucer's 'Shipman's Tale'

Author / Editor
Pearcy, Roy J.

Title
Punning on 'Cosyn' and 'Cosynage' in Chaucer's 'Shipman's Tale'

Published
American Notes and Queries 17 (1979): 70-71.

Description
The likelihood that Chaucer in ShT was consciously punning on "cousin"/"cozen" is increased by the appearance of such a pun in a "ronde" which belongs to a special subgroup of "chansons de mal marie(e)."

Chaucer Subjects
Shipman and His Tale.
Language and Word Studies.