I am just an undergraduate English Language and Literature major. I am planning to do my master's and PhD on Medieval English Literature. Would you recommend it? I would like to work as a professor in the future, but seeing most of the people going with Victorian or Modern Period makes me doubt my decision. I am currently learning Latin and shall start to learn Ancient Greek next semester. So, Medieval and Renaissance English Literatures suit me better than the contemporary ones. I have also been learning French. I am planning to be proficient in it, so Medieval Literature suits me well but I don't know about the opportunities in the academic field
Thank you, my teacher in 1981 must have know what she was talking about when she made us commit this hallowed prologue to heart. Still there in my heart it remains...as well as in the heart of my Father and my Mother and all our kin. These words are sacred. They pronounced these words much like you.
I'm a 2nd speaker of English & I find Middle English familiar somehow although it sounds ambiguous in some terms. I've read many Middle English poems but sadly they're translated to Modern English except Canterbury Tales which is just as yours the original text accompanied by annotations to clarify the meanings of some words & footnotes to offer a context & deep dimension to the text. It's fun to read such texts & try to get the gist of the meaning as if I decipher a code! Thanks for your guidance!
Ohh my god, finally found a video explaing how should I read canterbury, i purchased the book and became so confused when i couldn't read a page. hahahhaa
Get Frenchy? No. The French and the Germans roll their Rs at the back of the tongue. You are doing a tip of the tongue roll, which is more Italian, Spanish or Welsh. Small criticism aside, congratulations. Excellent pronunciation, which came as a surprise. 🇬🇧👍
Expanding on this: I first posted when considering whether to attempt reading the whole book in the original; so I watched your video several times, sounding out the lines. Then I got the Penguin Classics Middle English edition from amazon (I got the Kindle version; be careful when ordering this to get the right one). It was very awkward at the start; having to click on every note to get the meaning, as well as repeating every line for the sound and cadence. But slowly it got smoother and more familiar, and after a few days I've reached the end of the Prologue! Very satisfying! I'm continuing on for sure, but will read a bit more analysis of the characters, structure, and Chaucer himself. Thanks again!!
Thank you, this is super helpful! One question: is the "r" pronounced the same in "inspired" and "shoures", and is it rolled in the back of the throat like French, or more toward the tip of the tongue (like Japanese- I don't know the proper term)? Or is it more like Spanish? Thank you!
I’m a PhD student in Medieval English and found this the most useful video on UA-cam for practicing my pronunciation! Thanks so much!
I am just an undergraduate English Language and Literature major. I am planning to do my master's and PhD on Medieval English Literature. Would you recommend it? I would like to work as a professor in the future, but seeing most of the people going with Victorian or Modern Period makes me doubt my decision. I am currently learning Latin and shall start to learn Ancient Greek next semester. So, Medieval and Renaissance English Literatures suit me better than the contemporary ones. I have also been learning French. I am planning to be proficient in it, so Medieval Literature suits me well but I don't know about the opportunities in the academic field
Was planning to try reading the whole thing but wanted to make sure I was using the right pronunciation. Thanks so much for this.
You're very welcome!
Thank you for taking the time to put this up! I loved it!
Thank you, my teacher in 1981 must have know what she was talking about when she made us commit this hallowed prologue to heart. Still there in my heart it remains...as well as in the heart of my Father and my Mother and all our kin. These words are sacred. They pronounced these words much like you.
I'm a 2nd speaker of English & I find Middle English familiar somehow although it sounds ambiguous in some terms. I've read many Middle English poems but sadly they're translated to Modern English except Canterbury Tales which is just as yours the original text accompanied by annotations to clarify the meanings of some words & footnotes to offer a context & deep dimension to the text. It's fun to read such texts & try to get the gist of the meaning as if I decipher a code! Thanks for your guidance!
Thank you for your time soooo much
I love the Canterbury Tales, one day I'll take a class on it. Thanks for putting this lecture online :)
Middle English is beautiful
Yes on reading it out loud- it is so much more fun and intelligible.
Nice explanation of pronounciation of middle English words
Your English is easy to catch even for
non native speaker☺️
Thank you to post.
Too cool! Thank you so much. Merrily sing, cuku!
This is fantastic! Thank you for your excellent explanation and demonstration :)
Ohh my god, finally found a video explaing how should I read canterbury, i purchased the book and became so confused when i couldn't read a page. hahahhaa
Get Frenchy? No. The French and the Germans roll their Rs at the back of the tongue. You are doing a tip of the tongue roll, which is more Italian, Spanish or Welsh. Small criticism aside, congratulations. Excellent pronunciation, which came as a surprise. 🇬🇧👍
Very cool!
Excellent, thanks very much
Expanding on this: I first posted when considering whether to attempt reading the whole book in the original; so I watched your video several times, sounding out the lines. Then I got the Penguin Classics Middle English edition from amazon (I got the Kindle version; be careful when ordering this to get the right one). It was very awkward at the start; having to click on every note to get the meaning, as well as repeating every line for the sound and cadence. But slowly it got smoother and more familiar, and after a few days I've reached the end of the Prologue! Very satisfying! I'm continuing on for sure, but will read a bit more analysis of the characters, structure, and Chaucer himself. Thanks again!!
This is really helpful, thank you for uploading.
Thank you.
You're welcome!
Thank you, this is super helpful! One question: is the "r" pronounced the same in "inspired" and "shoures", and is it rolled in the back of the throat like French, or more toward the tip of the tongue (like Japanese- I don't know the proper term)? Or is it more like Spanish? Thank you!
a French r works for both!
So, they were pronouncing like spanish !!! Inspired=in-spii-red
Thank you so much for this. What edition are you using as mine does not have notes in the margin for clarification?
The Riverside Chaucer
Would it be correct to pronounce veyne like trump pronounces china😂
Old English changed into modern English, it’s dead in the same way Latin is dead.
Old English changed into middle English, then it changed into modern English.
@@cambs0181 -Was your quibbling about Middle English really worth a comment?
Don’t answer.
@@richlisola1I’ll answer. Yes, it was worth it.
@@johntalbot134 Yes, the amount of likes on your worthless comment, really backs your claim.
@@richlisola1 I love Latin and Ancient Greek, too.