Greetings and Farewells in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales."
- Author / Editor
- Jucker, Andreas H.
Greetings and Farewells in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales."
- Published
- Päivi Pahta and Andreas H. Jucker, eds. Communicating Early English Manuscripts (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011), pp. 229-42.
- Description
- Describes the pragmatic complexities of greetings and farewells and the limitations of using edited literary examples to explore their history. Tabulates and analyzes 140 instances of greetings and farewells in CT, attending to concerns of social class and function, the latter including well-wishes, identification, blessing, health inquiries, leave-taking, and dismissal.
- Contributor
- Päivi Pahta, ed.
Andreas H. Jucker, ed.
- Alternative Title
- Communicating Early English Manuscripts.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies
Canterbury Tales--General