The Development of Non-Assertive Any in Later Middle English and the Decline of Multiple Negation
- Author / Editor
- Iyeiri, Yoko.
The Development of Non-Assertive Any in Later Middle English and the Decline of Multiple Negation
- Published
- Yoko Iyeiri and Margaret Connolly, eds. And Gladly Wolde He Lerne and Gladly Teche: Essays on Medieval English Presented to Professor Matsuji Tajima on His Sixtieth Birthday (Tokyo: Kaibunsha, 2002, pp. 127-43.
- Description
- Examines occurrences of "any" in four Middle English texts, including CT. The word occurs more frequently in negative contexts in formal tales (KnT, ClT, Mel, and ParsT) than elsewhere.
- Alternative Title
- And Gladly Wolde He Lerne and Gladly Teche (Tajima).
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies.