Types and Uses of Non-Finite Clause in Chaucer

Author / Editor
Svartvik, Jan, and Randolph Quirk.

Title
Types and Uses of Non-Finite Clause in Chaucer

Published
English Studies 51 (1970): 393-411.

Description
Studies the grammar and usage of non-finite clauses in five samples from Chaucer's works (GP, Mel, PF, Bo, and TC), each approximately 500 lines long. Focuses on the "conditioning" factors of grammatical function, source material, and elements that intervene between the dependent infinitive and the finite verb.

Contributor
Quirk, Randolph

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies