Choice and Psychology of Negation in Chaucer's Language: Syntactic, Lexical, Semantic Negative Choice with Evidence from the Hengwrt and Ellesmere MSS and the Two Editions of the "Canterbury Tales."

Author / Editor
Nakao, Yoshiyuki, Akiyuki Jimura, and Noriyuki Kawano.

Title
Choice and Psychology of Negation in Chaucer's Language: Syntactic, Lexical, Semantic Negative Choice with Evidence from the Hengwrt and Ellesmere MSS and the Two Editions of the "Canterbury Tales."

Published
Hiroshima Studies in English Language and Literature 59 (2015): 1–34.

Description
Compares frequencies of different negative forms as well as syntactic, lexical, and semantic negative patterns in the Hengwrt and Ellesmere manuscripts and two critical editions by Blake and Benson, respectively. Tabulates the result as statistical data and discusses the tendency and factor in the choice of negative forms or patterns.

Contributor
Jimura, Aliyuki
Kawano, Noriyuki.

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies
Manuscripts and Textual Criticism
Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations