Some Notes on Idiomatic Expressions in the History of English: With Special Reference to 'meat and drink'
- Author / Editor
- Jimura, Akiyuki.
Some Notes on Idiomatic Expressions in the History of English: With Special Reference to 'meat and drink'
- Published
- Yoko Iyeiri and Jennifer Smith, eds. Studies in Middle and Modern English: Historical Change (Osaka: Osaka Books, 2014), pp. 115-32.
- Description
- Examines the meaning of "meat and drink" in Chaucer's texts, referring to the "OED" and biblical uses. Discusses the "process of idiomatization" of this expression by looking into its uses through Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, and Dickens.
- Contributor
- Iyeiri, Yoko, ed.
- Smith, Jennifer, ed.
- Alternative Title
- Studies in Middle and Modern English: Historical Change.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies