Spelling Practices in Three Manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales

Author / Editor
Hans, Aleksandra.

Title
Spelling Practices in Three Manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales

Published
SAP 34: 123-32, 1999.

Description
Assesses graphic representations of selected features of spoken language to show the "dialectical homogeneity" of the Ellesmere manuscript (London), Cambridge Gg 4.27 (East Midland with Northern elements), and British Library Additional 5140 (East Midland).

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