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