Literary Language From Chaucer to Johnson

by A J Gilbert

Overview

Preface PART I: The Language of the Text - Chaucer's Grammar - Time and Tense - Negation - Textual Coherence - PART II: Preliminary Notes - Linguistic Diversity - Chaucer's Vocabulary - Register and Propriety Levels of Style - The Architects of Chaucer's Language - Notes Sources and Further Reading - Index of Lines Quoted - Subject Index and Index of Words

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349033188
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/1979
Edition description:	1st ed. 1979
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface PART I: The Language of the Text - Chaucer's Grammar - Time and Tense - Negation - Textual Coherence - PART II: Preliminary Notes - Linguistic Diversity - Chaucer's Vocabulary - Register and Propriety Levels of Style - The Architects of Chaucer's Language - Notes Sources and Further Reading - Index of Lines Quoted - Subject Index and Index of Words