A New Approach to Chaucer's Spelling

Author / Editor
Horobin, S. C. P.

Title
A New Approach to Chaucer's Spelling

Published
English Studies 79 (1998): 415-24.

Description
Chaucer's spelling habits are still uncertain. Reasons for disagreement among scholars lie in approaches to the problem. Analysis of the spelling "ayein"/"ayeyn" in Hengwrt and Ellesmere and related manuscripts suggests that studies based on the spelling system of a single text across its entire manuscript tradition will allow for the construction of complete linguistic profiles of single scribes.

Chaucer Subjects
Manuscripts and Textual Studies.
Language and Word Studies.