Chaucer's Irregular -e: A Demonstration Among Monosyllabic Nouns of the Exceptions to Grammatical and Metrical Harmony |
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accent is preferable add in alphabetical adjective adverb Ambiguous Anel apocope arsis arsis-theory indicates better rhetorically Canterbury Tales Chaucer Chaucerian monosyllabic nouns Chaucerian pronunciation Chaucerian usage clipped consonant dede deed drede elision emendation evidence extended dative faste adv feminine feminine rhyme full syllabic value fynde grene headless line herte hiatus III1 IIIp inflection inorganic IVCla IVDla knyght lede metrical Middle English monosyllabic nouns myghte normal occupies a thesis Osp appos otherwise the line perhaps petrified dative pleye plural preferable to syncope presents the problem pret pronounced rede restricted retain full syllabic Romaunt Scansion None Rhyme Scansion Rhyme servise seyde seye sire solution is similar spelling substantivized thyng trisyllabic foot Troilus Troilus and Criseyde trouthe tyme unusual unusual e value in scansion variant forms violate the arsis violate the arsis-theory wight wolde word wrenched accent