The Making of Chaucer's English
Subtitle: A Study of Words (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 13, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 451
ISBN-13: 9780521592741
Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Poetry & poets: classical, early & medieval; Middle English, 1100-1500; Language; d. 1400; Chaucer, Geoffrey, D.1400; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; Literary Criticism; British Isles; Lexicology; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Medieval; Poetry; Chaucer, Geoffrey; Chaucer, Geoffrey,--d. 1400--Language; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; English language; Chaucer, Geoffrey,; Etymology; Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
First sentence: Chaucer, it has often been said, "started a tradition."