Trading Tongues: Merchants, Multilingualism, and Medieval Literature
- Author / Editor
- Hsy, Jonathan.
Trading Tongues: Merchants, Multilingualism, and Medieval Literature
- Published
- Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2013.
- Physical Description
- xii, 237 pp. 6 figures.
- Description
- Examines multilingualism in the Middle Ages, in particular its role in medieval literature, and focuses on merchants and their transportation of language as well as goods. Chapters 1 and 2 deal extensively with Chaucer's exposure to "London's many tongues," through his roles as diplomatic envoy and customs official, analyzing Chaucer's uses of "mixed-language milieu" in ShT and HF.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies
- Shipman and His Tale
- Chaucer's Life
- House of Fame