Concessive Clauses in Chaucer's Prose
- Author / Editor
- Molencki, Rafał.
Concessive Clauses in Chaucer's Prose
- Published
- Jacek Fisiak, ed. Studies in Middle English Linguistics (Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 1997), pp. 351-71.
- Description
- Anatomizes concessive clauses (those beginning with "yet," "although," "nevertheless," etc.), exploring their syntactic variety and semantic use. The subjunctive mood dominates, although instances of the indicative prefigure Modern English.
- Alternative Title
- Studies in Middle English Linguistics.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies.