Publication details
Diskurzivní a pragmatické funkce tvarů „říkám“, „řeknu“ a „řekl jsem“ v Řečech proti Verrovi
| Title in English | Discursive and pragmatic functions of "I say", "I will say" and "I said" in Speeches against Verres |
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| Year of publication | 2022 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | The conference paper discussed the function of "I say", "I will say", "I said" in Speeches against Verres. It focused on forms inquam, dico, dicam, dixi, loquor and loquar. All of them attract the audience's attention to the message. They may emphasize an assertion and expression, comment on the use of an expression, remind what has been said, sketch the following content of the speech, draw attention to the metaphoric interpretation, etc. However, they also have specific features. The most grammaticalized / pragmaticalized verb is inquam. |
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