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2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Characteristic Expressions in Medieval English Metrical Romances

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15520322
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field English linguistics
Research InstitutionSetsunan University

Principal Investigator

IMAI Mitsunori  Setsunan University, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Prof., 外国語学部, 教授 (60034584)

Project Period (FY) 2003 – 2006
KeywordsMiddle English / Middle English metrical romance / Oral tradition / Havelok the Dane / King Horn / Repetition / Verse tag / Enumeration
Research Abstract

In this study, I investigated the characteristic expressions found in Middle English metrical romances, from syntactic and stylistic points of view, with special attention to the following three items:
1. Repetition and contrastive expressions in oral traditions
2. The function of the so-called verse tags
3. How the line begins in Middle English metrical romances
Some of the results obtained were used in my unpublished Ph.D.dissertation submitted to Kyusyu University in June 2005. A revised version of the paper I read at the Romance in Medieval England conference held in York, U. K, March, 2006, appears as "Enumeration in Middle English Metrical Romance", 22 Essays in English Studies (Tokyo: Shohakusha, 2007). A paper entitled "Catalogue and Repetition in The Squyr of Lowe Degre" was published in Recent Trends in Medieval English Language and Literature in Honour of Youg-Bae Park, 1, 2005. A paper entitled "Food and Feasts in Middle English Romance" will be read at the NAES 10 Conference (Bergen, May 2007).

  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2007 2005

All Journal Article (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] Enumeration in Middle English Metrical Romance2007

    • Author(s)
      Imai, Mitsunori
    • Journal Title

      22 Essays in English Studies

      Pages: 3-17

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 中世英国韻文ロマンスにおける反復について2005

    • Author(s)
      今井, 光規
    • Journal Title

      Studies in Medieval English Language and Literature N0.20

      Pages: 1-16

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Catalogue and Repetition in The Squyr of Lowe Degre2005

    • Author(s)
      Imai, Mitsunori
    • Journal Title

      Recent Trends in Medieval English Language and Literature in Honour of Youg-Bae Park 1

      Pages: 133-146

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より

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Published: 2008-05-27  

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