'Glosyng' in 'The Summoner's Tale'

Author / Editor
Lim, Hye-Soon.

Title
'Glosyng' in 'The Summoner's Tale'

Published
Medieval English Studies 06 (1998):199-223

Description
Deriving from the Greek word for "tongue" and from Scandinavian "superficial luster," "glosing" is the central notion of SumT. Chaucer uses it to disclose fraternal hypocrisy and distortion of Scripture. In Korean, with English abstract.

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