“He'll rail in his rope/robe tricks” : l'injure comme feu d'artifices dans The Taming of the Shrew by Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin

“…One scene epitomizes the complex relationships between insult and artifice in The Taming of the Shrew: the tailor scene (4.3) during which Petruchio abuses the unfortunate tailor and his art in order to hurt Kate. …”
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What's in a Word? Conversion vs Construction by Walter Hirtle

“…Afin de découvrir ce qui permet la création à volonté de mots nouveaux, comme dans Petruchio is Kated de Shakespeare, on partira du postulat que les ressources d’une langue fournissent au sujet parlant non des mots toutfaits, mais plutôt les éléments formateurs des mots.…”
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