Persuasive Language in Cicero’s Pro Milone: A close reading and commentary

This innovative approach to Cicero's persuasive language analyses the style and structure of one of his important speeches in more detail than has ever been done before. It applies ideas from modern linguistics (sentential topic, lexical patterning, interactional discourse), and explores the possibi...

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Auteur principal: Fotheringham, Lynn S.
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