A Statistical Study of 'shall' and 'will' in Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' and its Relevance to Style

Description: Tabulates the "frequency and percentage" of the modal auxiliaries shall/will and should/would in CT, presenting in eight tables the statistical data in relation to grammar (types of sentences and clauses, person, etc.), mode (poetry and prose), and style (conventional, naturalistic, mixed, and didactic). Comments on the implications of the data and calls for greater attention to Chaucer's language.