The Even Yearbook 9 (2010)
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volume 9 (2010)
author Gyöngyi Werthmüller
title An analysis of word-final -e in Middle English verse, in Gower and Chaucer
keywords Middle English, word-final -e, schwa, elision, apocope, hiatus, metre, Gower, Chaucer
abstract This paper intends to provide further contribution to the examination of Middle English word-final -e. It claims that , virtually, apocope does not exist in Gower’s verse, and that the word maner(e) was probably the first one to go through restructuring in his poetic language. It also argues for the point that the role of -en (whose grammatical function is often the same as that of -e) is not that of a hiatus-filler. Finally, it suggests that in Gower’s verse, there were two forms of the article the — one with schwa, and one with a full vowel — and that the latter occurred most often in his more formal, more elevated poetry.
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