Chaucer's Language Lessons

Author / Editor
Phillips, Susan E.

Title
Chaucer's Language Lessons

Published
Chaucer Review 46-1.2 (2011): 39-59.

Description
Examines the varying degrees and uses of multilingualism among the Canterbury pilgrims and the characters in their tales, commenting on the facile "linguistic posing" of several speakers (Pardoner, Parson, Wife of Bath, Summoner and his characters) and exploring in depth the link between "mercantile pragmatism and foreign language use" in MLT.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General
Man of Law and His Tale
Language and Word Studies