Naming and Avoiding Naming Objects of Terror : A Case Study
- Author / Editor
- Sylvester, Louise.
Naming and Avoiding Naming Objects of Terror : A Case Study
- Published
- Irma Taavitsainen, Terttu Nevalainen, Päivi Pahta, and Matti Rissanen, eds. Placing Middle English in Context (Berlin and New York: Gruyter, 2000), pp. 227-92.
- Description
- Explores the role of taboo on the semantic shift of the term 'bug' from an object of terror to an insect. Assesses the occurrence of the word in the Delaware manuscript at NPT 7.2936, where other manuscripts have devils.
- Alternative Title
- Placing Middle English in Context .
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies.
- Nun's Priest and His Tale.