The Impersonal Verb 'Listen' in Chaucer's Works: Implications of Its Textual Distribution

Author / Editor
Miura, Ayumi.

Title
The Impersonal Verb 'Listen' in Chaucer's Works: Implications of Its Textual Distribution

Published
Lexicon (Tokyo) 36 (2006): 24-40.

Description
Studies the distribution of Chaucer's impersonal verb "listen" (to be pleasing), focusing on disparities between distributions in prose and verse, usage in formulaic expressions, and transition from impersonal to personal usage.

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies