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Page 110
... contains many special terms referring to different branches of knowledge and technology . Finally , it contains a great number of new and difficult words which Rabelais was the first to introduce into the French language . It is obvious ...
... contains many special terms referring to different branches of knowledge and technology . Finally , it contains a great number of new and difficult words which Rabelais was the first to introduce into the French language . It is obvious ...
Page 137
... contains a number of observations which were valuable and new for that time , concerning the epoch when the novel was written as well as the various aspects of Ra- belais ' work . Some of these observations were accepted ; but from our ...
... contains a number of observations which were valuable and new for that time , concerning the epoch when the novel was written as well as the various aspects of Ra- belais ' work . Some of these observations were accepted ; but from our ...
Page 461
... contains a number of chapters in which the theme of names and appellations is treated in a theoretical style . Thus the problem of the origin of the names of plants is treated in the Third Book , while the Fourth Book presents a ...
... contains a number of chapters in which the theme of names and appellations is treated in a theoretical style . Thus the problem of the origin of the names of plants is treated in the Third Book , while the Fourth Book presents a ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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