Language and Meaning in Chaucer's 'Shipman's Tale'

Author / Editor
Keiser, George R.

Title
Language and Meaning in Chaucer's 'Shipman's Tale'

Published
Chaucer Review 12 (1977): 147-61.

Description
Characters in ShT use imprecise language such as swearing to obscure the meaning of their actions. The narrator, who uses similar language, and fails to notice the implications of his tale, resembles the pilgrim of uncertain identity in the Endlink to MLT. This resemblance strengthens the case for the Bradshaw Shift.

Chaucer Subjects
Shipman and His Tale.