摘要
本文以《坎特伯雷故事集》总序为例,探讨乔叟英语变体和语言特征.乔叟英语变体主要包括法语和拉丁语影响下的语言变体和地方方言影响下的方言变体.乔叟英语以文学性的伦敦方言为基础,在继承法语和拉丁语诗歌传统基础上,展现了一个能与法语和拉丁语相提并论的英语世界.乔叟英语语言特征主要体现在乔叟诗歌的韵律形式、语法形态和写作风格上,与现代英语在读音、语法、句法和风格上存在差异.
Abstract
To remove the obstacles for the deep reading of Chaucer's English,this article explores Chaucer's English varieties and language features,with examples taken from the"General Prologue"of The Canterbury Tales.Chaucer's English varieties include mainly the varieties influenced by French and Latin,and the varieties owing to dialect differences.In the voice of literary London dialect,with the inheritance of French and Latin verse tradition,Chaucer's English depicts a world of English language that is comparable to French and Latin.The language features of Chaucer's English are specifically demonstrated in the rhyming scheme,grammatical form,and writing style of Chaucer's verses,and are particularly differentiated from Modern English in terms of pronunciation,grammar,syntax,and style.
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