Folk-Taxonomies in Early English
- Author / Editor
- Anderson, Earl R.
Folk-Taxonomies in Early English
- Published
- Madison, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson UP, 2003.
- Physical Description
- 587 pp.
- Description
- Studies the Old and Middle English vocabularies of category in nature and human experience, anatomizing the words used for colors, the senses, the seasons, compass directions, geometric shapes, types of plant life and animal life, and human selfhood. Considers borrowings as well as native traditions, and treats examples from a wide range of literature, including Chaucer's works. Includes an index of words as well as a general index.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies