The Function of Word Classes and the Import of French in Middle English Poetry: A Comparative Study of The Romaunt of the Rose and Le Roman de la Rose
- Author / Editor
- Kumamoto, Sadahiro.
The Function of Word Classes and the Import of French in Middle English Poetry: A Comparative Study of The Romaunt of the Rose and Le Roman de la Rose
- 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. 95-107.
- Description
- Kumamoto compares the word classes of rhyme words in Rom with those of the Old French source. There are wide differences when rhymes involve verbs and adverbs; the use of pronouns in rhymes is confined to the English text.
- Alternative Title
- And Gladly Wolde He Lerne and Gladly Teche (Tajima).
- Chaucer Subjects
- Romaunt of the Rose.
- Language and Word Studies