Chaucer's Relative Constructions Relative, Vol. 1
Studies in Philology (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Chaucer's Relative Constructions Relative, Vol. 1: Studies in Philology<br><br>Although this paper has to do solely with Chaucer's relative constructions, it has been prepared with the hope that, so far as it extends, it may help to fix one construction of Middle English syntax which hitherto has received but little consideration. While it embraces suggestions from a number of sources, it has been based upon a careful study of W. W. Skeat's five volume edition of The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, published by the Clarendon Press, 1894 - 1900. It has taken for granted that the pronoun that is the predominant Chaucerian relative, and that the pleonastic that, which is constantly used after relatives, conjunctions, and adverbs, does not in any way affect the value of the relative which it follows. All comparative figures found in the body of the paper, not specifically accounted for in the paragraph in which they occur, are taken from Troilus and Criseyde. Differences in citations appearing in Schrader's Das Altenglische Relativpronomen mit besonderer bercksichtigung der sprache Chaucer's and in this paper are to be attributed to the differences in the editions used. Differences between that and which are given in Chapters II and III rather in Chapter I.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.