Artigo Acesso aberto

La lítote como mecanismo de descortesía verbal en Esquines y Demóstenes

2020; Volume: 24; Linguagem: Inglês

10.33776/ec.v24i0.4976

ISSN

2173-6839

Autores

Raquel Fornieles Sánchez,

Tópico(s)

Language, Metaphor, and Cognition

Resumo

This paper offers a study of litotes in Greek Oratory, specifically in four speeches: Aga- inst Ctesiphon and On the Embassy (Aeschines) and On the Crown and On the Embassy (Demosthenes). The purpose is to show how, when attacking the op- ponent, they use a resource associated –in principle– with verbal politeness as a me- chanism of impoliteness.

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