The Character of England.

Author/Editor
Barker, Ernest.

Title
The Character of England.

Published
Barker, Ernest. The Character of England. Oxford: Clarendon, 1947, p. 288

Review
Recommends caution against certainty in considering Gower, Chaucer, Wyclif, Langland, or John of Trevisa to be "makers" of English vocabulary, citing lack of evidence before the sixteenth century. [RFY1981; rev. MA].

Date
1947

Gower Subjects
Language and Word Studies