Chaucer's English

Author / Editor
Elliott, Ralph W. V.

Title
Chaucer's English

Published
London: Andre Deutsche, 1974.

Physical Description
447 pp.

Series
The Language Library.

Description
An introduction to Chaucer's pronunciation, grammar, and prosody, followed by an extensive analysis of his lexicon that considers aspects of his syntax, prose vocabulary, colloquial language, oaths, scientific diction, characterization through various registers, etc. Includes an Index of Words studied as well as a General Index.

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies