Initial Position in the Middle English Verse Line.

Author / Editor
Thaisen, Jacob.

Title
Initial Position in the Middle English Verse Line.

Published
English Studies 95 (2014): 500-513.

Description
Establishes that scribes are less likely than otherwise to introduce their own spellings of words that occur in initial position in verse lines, exploring why in psycholinguistic terms, and suggesting several implications for manuscript study. The discussion is based on data derived from ten manuscripts of CT.

Chaucer Subjects
Manuscripts and Textual Studies
Canterbury Tales--General