The Gerund in Chaucer, with Special Reference to the Development of Its Verbal Character
- Author / Editor
- Tajima, Matsuji.
The Gerund in Chaucer, with Special Reference to the Development of Its Verbal Character
- Published
- Poetica (Tokyo) 21-22 (1985): 106-21
- Description
- Examines Chaucer's use of gerunds, observing that his usage is generally not unusual for his time except in two respects: he more frequently uses the construction "determiner+gerund+of-adjunct"; and seemingly "modern" gerunds with verbal properties occur in his works, especially his prose works.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies.