Final "-e" in Gower's and Chaucer's Monosyllabic Premodifying Adjectives: A Grammatical/Metrical Analysis.

Author / Editor
Werthmuller, Gyongyi.

Title
Final "-e" in Gower's and Chaucer's Monosyllabic Premodifying Adjectives: A Grammatical/Metrical Analysis.

Published
Juan Camilo Conde Silvestre and Javier Calle Martı ´n, eds. Approaches to Middle English: Variation, Contact and Change (New York: Peter Land, 2015), pp. 179-97

Description
Considers several factors (apocope, compounding, etymology, and metrical environment) in the presence or absence of final "-e" in Gower's and Chaucer's monosyllabic adjectives, clarifying Gower's relative regularity by identifying the paucity of exceptions to his usual practice.

Alternative Title
Approaches to Middle English: Variation, Contact and Change

Chaucer Subjects
Style and Versification
Language and Word Studies