CHAUCERにおける二人称代名詞

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The personal pronouns, espeacially the second personal pronouns, used by Chaucer show some differences from modern English usage. In Chaucer's Age there used to be two forms of the Second Personal Pronouns: one form was the singular pronoun; (thow/thou, thy/thyn, thee: TH-forms) and the other was the plural form; (ye, youre, yow/you: Y-forms). The substitution of the plural (ye, youre, yow) for the singular (thow, thy, thee) is observed in the second person denoting the person addressed, where the singular forms are often replaced by the plural ones. Chaucer exploits the possibilities offered by a careful manipulation of these pronouns according to character and situation. In this paper, I will have a close study of several situations where Y-forms are used instead of TH-forms in Chaucer's work; The Canterbury Tales.
1998-12-21