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.

Title
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