Chaucer's Spelling and the Manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales
- Author / Editor
- Horobin, Simon.
Chaucer's Spelling and the Manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales
- Published
- Irma Taavitsainen, Terttu Nevalainen, Päivi Pahta, and Matti Rissanen, eds. Placing Middle English in Context (Berlin and New York: Gruyter, 2000), pp. 199-207.
- Description
- Compiles spelling variants of 'though' (thirteen manuscripts) and the verb 'work' (ten manuscripts) as they occur in CT, seeking to establish Chaucer's basic orthography and to explore scribal habits.
- Alternative Title
- Placing Middle English in Context.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies.
- Manuscripts and Textual Studies.