Anglo-French and English Society in Chaucer's 'The Reeve's Tale'
- Author / Editor
- Rothwell, W[illiam].
Anglo-French and English Society in Chaucer's 'The Reeve's Tale'
- Published
- English Studies 87 (2006): 511-38.
- Description
- Identifies in RvT lexical evidence of a culture permeated with French linguistic influence, evidence that could be reinforced by a more thorough linguistic study of RvT and the rest of Chaucer's corpus: "Far from being 'ephemeral and localized' or 'informal,' the contribution of Anglo-French to the lexis of English and to the evolution of English society was lasting and profound."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies.
- Reeve and His Tale.