El lenguaje de abuso y autoridad en Volpone or The Fox

  1. Begoña Crespo García 1
  1. 1 Universidade da Coruña
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    Universidade da Coruña

    La Coruña, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01qckj285

Revista:
Babel A.F.I.A.L.: Aspectos de filología inglesa y alemana

ISSN: 1132-7332

Año de publicación: 2003

Número: 12

Páginas: 105-124

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Babel A.F.I.A.L.: Aspectos de filología inglesa y alemana

Resumen

The scope of historical sociolinguistics paves the way for the study oflanguage functions and forms in the social network represented by Ben Jonson's Volpone or The Fax. In this particular case the communicative function chosen is that of abuse and authority which is studied through the behaviour of the different social levels traced in the play. To this end, the paper tries to concentrate on the different «subfunctions» that can be found to transmit abuse and authority as well as on the constructions, structures and other forms which, in a way or other, convey this meaning