The Path of English Literatures as a Vernacular: Chaucer, Dialect, Marginality.
- Author / Editor
- Okamoto, Hiroki.
The Path of English Literatures as a Vernacular: Chaucer, Dialect, Marginality.
- Published
- Ritsumeikan Studies in Language and Culture 33 (2022): 658-83.
- Description
- Claims that by composing his poetry in English, Chaucer participated in the European movement of promoting the vernacular literatures. Argues that Chaucer's neutral depiction of dialectal features in the two clerks’ speeches in RvT affirms the diversity in English and contributes to the cultural richness of the language. In Japanese.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies
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