A Semantic Note on the Middle English Phrase 'As He/She That'

Author / Editor
Nakao, Yoshiyuki.

Title
A Semantic Note on the Middle English Phrase 'As He/She That'

Published
NOWELE 25 (1995): 25-48.

Description
The phrase "as he/she that," a calque from French "com cil/cele qui," developed polysemic use in Chaucer's day. The article includes a chart of occurrences of the English phrase from ca. 1000 to Caxton, indicating Chaucer's uses by work and recording heavy use of the phrase in Gower's "Confessio Amantis".

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies.