Progressive Diminution in 'Sir Thopas'

Author / Editor
Nakao, Yoshiyuki.

Title
Progressive Diminution in 'Sir Thopas'

Published
Yoshiyuki Nakao and Yoko Iyeiri, eds. Chaucer's Language: Cognitive Perspectives (Suita: Osaka, 2013), pp. 47-77.

Description
Proposes that Th is not merely a parody of romance but is composed according to the principle of "progressive diminution," demonstrating its "prototype" and "extension" from geographical to temporal, social, to linguistic "domains."

Alternative Title
Chaucer's Language: Cognitive Perspectives.

Chaucer Subjects
Tale of Sir Thopas