Chaucer and Fourteenth-Century English
- Author / Editor
- Davis N[orman].
Chaucer and Fourteenth-Century English
- Published
- Derek Brewer, ed. Geoffrey Chaucer. Writers and their Background (London: G. Bell, 1974), pp. 58-84.
- Description
- Comments on the limited impact of Chaucer's prose on later tradition, and explores the stylistic dexterity of his verse in light of contemporary linguistic features: his use of open and close vowels in rhyme and the impact of rhyme on his diction; the effects of morphology (inflectional endings and final -e) on his rhythms; and his uses of Romance and native vocabulary, especially synonymic pairs (e.g., joye/bliss, voice/stevene, etc.).
- Alternative Title
- Geoffrey Chaucer. Writers and their Background.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Style and Versification
- Language and Word Studies