Staropolskie mowy winszujące narodzin potomka. Rekonesans
Journal Title: Res Rhetorica - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
This study is dedicated to the issue of Old-Polish oratory genethliac variant, that is congratulatory speech delivered on occasion of offspring’s birth – in either theoretical and practical aspect. The main part of the study comprises an analysis of a few selected rhetorical lectures from 17th and 18th century manuscripts, which reveals changes occurring in the text’s structure and composition.
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