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... language as a whole , with its physiognomy , image , and comic as- pect . Such an approach is , on the contrary , characteristic of the linguistic and grammatical facéties and travesties of the sixteenth century . The dialects become ...
... language as a whole , with its physiognomy , image , and comic as- pect . Such an approach is , on the contrary , characteristic of the linguistic and grammatical facéties and travesties of the sixteenth century . The dialects become ...
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... language and the struggle against it are a new and important document in the history of lin- guistic interaction . We have here two national idioms , and their interorientation not only lends a new element to the awareness of language ...
... language and the struggle against it are a new and important document in the history of lin- guistic interaction . We have here two national idioms , and their interorientation not only lends a new element to the awareness of language ...
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... language of the sixteenth century , and especially the language of Rabelais , are sometimes described as naïve even today . In reality the history of European literature presents no language less naïve . Rabelais ' exceptional frankness ...
... language of the sixteenth century , and especially the language of Rabelais , are sometimes described as naïve even today . In reality the history of European literature presents no language less naïve . Rabelais ' exceptional frankness ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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