Essentials of Early English.

Author / Editor
Smith, Jeremy J.

Title
Essentials of Early English.

Published
London and New York: Routledge, 1999.

Physical Description
xii, 251 pp.

Description
Introduces Old English, Middle English, and Early Modern English, describing developments in syntax, morphology, pronunciation, lexicon, and dialects. The selection of samples for discussion and assessment includes excerpts from GP, PardT, and ParsT, with a brief description, notes, and glosses.

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies
Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
Pardoner and Hiss Tale
Paarson and His Tale