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The aim of the chapter is to focus on the conceptual construal of ME truth, soth and faith in The Canterbury Tales in order to reconstruct the culture in Chaucer’s world. The analysis is based on The Canterbury Tales (The British Library Copies edited by Barbara Bordalejo). The chapter will refer to the etymology of the lexemes that constituted the concepts of mediaeval truth, soth and faith as well as to their semantic similarities and differences. It will aim to analyze the key values and key words linked with the mediaeval society. Furthermore, the attempt is also to juxtapose Middle English and Present Day English concepts thereby reflecting on two distinct cultures, hence on two distinct worldviews, and the apparent crisis of values.
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Wawrzyniak, A. (2021). The Crisis Appearing in the Construal of the Mediaeval Concepts of Truth, Soth and Faith in The Canterbury Tales with Their Contemporary Counterparts. In: Skweres, A. (eds) Putting Crisis in Perspective. Second Language Learning and Teaching. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86724-9_4
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