The Language of Chance.
- Author / Editor
- Bellhouse, D. R.
Franklin, J.
The Language of Chance.
- Published
- International Statistical Review 65 (1997): 73-85.
- Description
- Tallies possible evidence of "early probability calculus" in Middle English literature and its lexicon, including discussion of examples from John Gower, John Lydgate, and PardT. In the latter, line 6.653, chances in dicing are "events which had the same weight or probability."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Pardoner and His Tale
Language and Word Studies