A Computer-assisted Quantitative Companion of the Editions of Chaucer's The Romaunt of the Rose

以下是对乔叟的《玫瑰罗曼史》进行全面文本比较的中期报告。我们对以下版本进行了比较：本森的《河畔乔叟》（波士顿：霍顿·米夫林出版社，1987年），f·n·罗宾逊的《杰弗里·乔叟作品集》（波士顿：霍顿·米夫林出版社，1957年），以及《杰弗里·乔叟作品集》第七卷《玫瑰的传奇》（诺曼：俄克拉何马大学出版社，1999年）)。我们一行一行地比较了这些版本，然后在“相同”的行对中逐字逐句地比较。在这项研究中，我们使用了与我们在坎特伯雷故事集，特洛伊罗斯和克里塞德以及梦想诗歌项目中相同的方法。在我们把本森的版本作为比较的基础之后，我们首先有必要从每个版本中各取一行作相应的行。我们保留了原版中所有的标点符号，因为它们可能表明编辑对乔叟语法的不同解释。在本文档中，我们列出了包含一个或多个不同单词和拼写（包括大小写差异）的所有行。第一行是本森的版本，第二行是鲁滨逊的版本，第三行是变种版。我们在本森的版本中印刷了完整的一行，但只印刷了一些单词，这些单词在鲁滨逊的版本和瓦洛伦的版本中显示出不同。我们现在正在准备“单词形式对应索引”，我们将按字母顺序为对应的单词集创建单词索引。该索引可以快速、全面地查询每一个词集。本清单包括进一步定量和定性研究四个版本之间拼写和词汇差异的基本材料。我们试图通过澄清各版本文本的异同，为乔叟文本批评做出贡献。

What follows is an interim report of a comprehensive textual comparison of Chaucer's The Romaunt of the Roses. We have undertaken a comparison of the following editions: Benson's The Riverside Chaucer (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987), F. N. Robinson's The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1957), and A Variorum Edition of The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Vol.VII The Romaunt of the Rose(Norman: U of Oklahoma P, 1999))We compared the editions line by line, and then word by word within pairs of "the same" lines.In this study, we have made use of the same method as we did in our Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde and Dream Poetry projects. It has been first necessary for us to make the corresponding lines, taking one from each of the editions, after we have made Benson's edition the basis for comparison. We have left all punctuation marks intact as they appear in the original editions, because they may indicate the editors' different interpretations of Chaucer's syntax.In the present document, we have listed all the lines, which contain one or more different words and spellings including upper/lower case differences. The first line shows Benson's edition, the second line Robinson's, and the third line Variorum Edition. We have printed the complete line in Benson's edition, but only the words, which show differences in Robinson's, and Variorum Edition's. We are now preparing for "Word Form Correspondence Index," where we will make an alphabetically ordered word index to the sets of corresponding words. This index makes it possible to check every word set quickly and comprehensively. The present list comprises the basic material for a further quantitative and qualitative study of the differences in spelling and vocabulary among the four editions. We have tried to make a contribution to Chaucerian textual criticism by clarifying the textual similarities and differences among the editions.