Chaucer and the Development of the Modal Auxiliary Ought in Late Middle English
- Author / Editor
- Tajima, Matsuji.
Chaucer and the Development of the Modal Auxiliary Ought in Late Middle English
- Published
- Robert Boenig and Kathleen Davis, eds. Manuscript, Narrative, Lexicon: Essays on Literary and Cultural Transmission in Honor of Whitney F. Bolton (Lewisburg, Penn: Bucknell University Press; and London: Associated University Presses, 2000), pp. 195-217.
- Description
- Tabulates late-medieval uses of ought (owe) as a past form and as a modal auxiliary and explores the forms of infinitives used after ought. Compares Chaucer's uses with those of other late-medieval writers to show that his uses reflect the "unsettled but actual use of his time," which was not unlike that of modern English.
- Alternative Title
- Manuscript, Narrative, Lexicon: Essays on Literary and Cultural Transmission in Honor of Whitney F. Bolton.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies.