Literary Language From Chaucer to Johnson in Bloomington, MN

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