Linguistic Features of Some Fifteenth-Century Middle English Manuscripts
- Author / Editor
- Smith, Jeremy J.
Linguistic Features of Some Fifteenth-Century Middle English Manuscripts
- Published
- Derek Pearsall, ed. Manuscripts and Readers in Fifteenth-Century England: The Literary Implications of Manuscript Study (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1983), pp. 104-12.
- Description
- Demonstrates how specific linguistic features can be used to disclose "scribal attitudes to the text being copied," using as a primary example a number of linguistic forms from "one of the most notorious manuscripts" of CT, British Library MS Harley 7334, unusual for its wide distribution of forms. Also focuses on Scribe D and the strong dialectical features of many CT manuscripts.
- Alternative Title
- Manuscripts and Readers in Fifteenth-Century England: The Literary Implications of Manuscript Study
- Chaucer Subjects
- Manuscripts and Textual Studies
- Language and Word Studies