{"product_id":"the-structure-of-chaucer-s-ambiguity-9783631624388","title":"The Structure of Chaucer’s Ambiguity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book focuses on ambiguity in \u003ci\u003eTroilus and Criseyde\u003c\/i\u003e, one of Geoffrey Chaucer’s (1343?-1400) representative works. It examines systematically how and why ambiguity is likely to arise. After reviewing previous scholarship on ambiguity in Chaucer, the author proposes a new theoretical framework, «double prism structure», incorporating the most recent findings in the area of semantics, pragmatics, and cognitive linguistics together with medieval rhetoric and allegory. Using this framework the book examines ambiguity due to textual domains, interpersonal domains and linguistic domains. Ambiguity in Chaucer has not been studied in sufficient detail so far. The work opens new vistas for the study of the phenomenon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: Previous scholarship – Our point of view and method – Ambiguity in metatext – Ambiguity in intertextuality – Ambiguity in macro-textual structure – Ambiguity in reported speech – Ambiguity in discourse – Ambiguity in speaker’s intention – Ambiguity in modality – Ambiguity in syntax – Ambiguity in words – Ambiguity in voice.","brand":"Peter Lang AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48889163940183,"sku":"9783631624388","price":42.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-structure-of-chaucer-s-ambiguity-9783631624388","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}