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Page 188
... speech did not possess this power in the time of Rabelais . They did not then transgress the limits of the established language . Unofficial ( unprintable ) argot also varied in force . Every age has its own norms of official speech and ...
... speech did not possess this power in the time of Rabelais . They did not then transgress the limits of the established language . Unofficial ( unprintable ) argot also varied in force . Every age has its own norms of official speech and ...
Page 189
... speech with a flow of oaths ; he cannot make a single step with- out them . When Ponocrates asks him why he uses them , the friar answers that they adorn his speech . They are the flowers of Cicero's rhetoric . Neither does Panurge ...
... speech with a flow of oaths ; he cannot make a single step with- out them . When Ponocrates asks him why he uses them , the friar answers that they adorn his speech . They are the flowers of Cicero's rhetoric . Neither does Panurge ...
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... speech , the more are these tones differen- tiated , for the speech reflects the established social hierarchy , the official scale of evaluation concerning objects and concepts and the static lines dividing them , as fixed by official ...
... speech , the more are these tones differen- tiated , for the speech reflects the established social hierarchy , the official scale of evaluation concerning objects and concepts and the static lines dividing them , as fixed by official ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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