Specific and Non-Specific Nouns in Late Middle English: When Robert Grows from Man to Herb
- Author / Editor
- Crespo-García, Begoña.
Specific and Non-Specific Nouns in Late Middle English: When Robert Grows from Man to Herb
- Published
- English Studies 89 (2009): 587-606.
- Description
- Crespo-García gauges the "scientific register" of Astro and Equat in contrast with medical handbooks, examining etymology and specificity in the common nouns and nominalized forms in these works. The astrological treatises reflect a specialized audience.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies
- Treatise on the Astrolabe
- Equatorie of the Planetis