Code-Switching in Early English Literature.

Author / Editor
Schendl, Herbert.

Title
Code-Switching in Early English Literature.

Published
Language and Literature 24.3 (2015): 233–48.

Description
Discusses the main functions of code-switching in the poetry and drama of medieval England. Emphasizes how the friar in SumT uses the French phrase "je vous dy" to increase his authority and learnedness.

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies
Summoner and His Tale