Literary Language from Chaucer to Johnson

By A J Gilbert

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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349033189
• ISBN13: 9781349033188
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"