Literary Language From Chaucer to Johnson

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