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Chapter 15: The Language of Chaucer

  • Simon Horobin
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Volume 3 Middle English
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Abstract

This chapter provides an introduction to the variety of Middle English employed by the 14th-century poet Geoffrey Chaucer, situating it within the development of the English language in an important stage in its development. The chapter begins by outlining the process of standardization, considering the place of Chaucer’s language in the emergence of a standard variety of written English from the numerous competing written varieties of Middle English. Section 2 provides an overview of Chaucer’s noun, verb, and pronoun systems, highlighting important differences between Chaucer’s usage and those that preceded and followed him. Section 3 focuses on Chaucer’s vocabulary, its origins, and the impact of external sources, principally French and Latin, as well as the various methodologies and electronic resources available for assessing Chaucer’s exploitation of the richness of the Middle English lexicon.

Abstract

This chapter provides an introduction to the variety of Middle English employed by the 14th-century poet Geoffrey Chaucer, situating it within the development of the English language in an important stage in its development. The chapter begins by outlining the process of standardization, considering the place of Chaucer’s language in the emergence of a standard variety of written English from the numerous competing written varieties of Middle English. Section 2 provides an overview of Chaucer’s noun, verb, and pronoun systems, highlighting important differences between Chaucer’s usage and those that preceded and followed him. Section 3 focuses on Chaucer’s vocabulary, its origins, and the impact of external sources, principally French and Latin, as well as the various methodologies and electronic resources available for assessing Chaucer’s exploitation of the richness of the Middle English lexicon.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Table of Contents V
  3. Abbreviations VII
  4. Chapter 1: Introduction 1
  5. Chapter 2: Middle English: Overview 8
  6. Chapter 3: Phonology 29
  7. Chapter 4: Morphology 50
  8. Chapter 5: Syntax 76
  9. Chapter 6: Semantics and Lexicon 96
  10. Chapter 7: Pragmatics and Discourse 116
  11. Chapter 8: Dialects 134
  12. Chapter 9: Language Contact: Multilingualism 165
  13. Chapter 10: Language Contact: French 184
  14. Chapter 11: Standardization 205
  15. Chapter 12: Middle English Creolization 224
  16. Chapter 13: Sociolinguistics 239
  17. Chapter 14: Literary Language 261
  18. Chapter 15: The Language of Chaucer 292
  19. Index 307
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110525328-015

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Table of Contents V
  3. Abbreviations VII
  4. Chapter 1: Introduction 1
  5. Chapter 2: Middle English: Overview 8
  6. Chapter 3: Phonology 29
  7. Chapter 4: Morphology 50
  8. Chapter 5: Syntax 76
  9. Chapter 6: Semantics and Lexicon 96
  10. Chapter 7: Pragmatics and Discourse 116
  11. Chapter 8: Dialects 134
  12. Chapter 9: Language Contact: Multilingualism 165
  13. Chapter 10: Language Contact: French 184
  14. Chapter 11: Standardization 205
  15. Chapter 12: Middle English Creolization 224
  16. Chapter 13: Sociolinguistics 239
  17. Chapter 14: Literary Language 261
  18. Chapter 15: The Language of Chaucer 292
  19. Index 307
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