Petronius and the Vulgar Tongue: Colloquialism, Obscenity, Translation.
The article discusses the translation of Petronius attributed to a climate of increasing acceptance of the obscene elements in the text and a function of the rapid obsolescence of colloquialism. Colloquialism is a signifier of character or of class or ethnic difference, appeals to a scholarly audien...
| Publicado en: | Classical & Modern Literature Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 33 - 56 |
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University of Missouri-Columbia, Department of Classical Studies
Spring2006
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| Sumario: | The article discusses the translation of Petronius attributed to a climate of increasing acceptance of the obscene elements in the text and a function of the rapid obsolescence of colloquialism. Colloquialism is a signifier of character or of class or ethnic difference, appeals to a scholarly audience and uses contemporary and idiomatic versions of the target language. Slang words and phrases such as obscenities and vulgarism are the stylistic and grammatical features of a colloquial speech. |
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