Studies in the Language of Geoffrey Chaucer. Second, Revised and Enlarged Edition
- Author / Editor
- Kerkhof, J.
Studies in the Language of Geoffrey Chaucer. Second, Revised and Enlarged Edition
- Published
- Leiden: Brill, 1982.
- Physical Description
- xii, 503 pp.
- Description
- Originally published in 1966, here revised, corrected, and expanded. Describes Chaucer's grammar and usage, anatomized according to parts of speech, with extensive examples. Topics include verbs (in their various tenses, aspects, and moods), nouns, pronouns, adjectives, articles, adverbs, numerals, interjections, conjunctions, and function shift. Recurrent attention to the place of Chaucer's language in the history of English. Includes bibliography for each section and a comprehensive index. The original 1966 edition contains 504 sections in 251 pp.; the revision 913 sections in 503 pp.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies
- Bibliographies, Reports, and Reference