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THE REGULATING FUNCTION OF PUBLIC SPEECH IN CICERO’S RHETORICS

THE REGULATING FUNCTION OF PUBLIC SPEECH IN CICERO’S RHETORICS


Author:  Fedorov D.A.

Affiliation:  St.- Petersburg State University of Economics

Abstract:  The article deals with a number of relatively poorly studied aspects of proto- linguistic teachings of the Roman rhetoric theorist Marcus Tullius Cicero. The authors examine advocated by Cicero “regulatory and management” function of public speaking, as a utilitarian tool to control public opinion.

Keywords:  Cicero, speech, public opinion, protolinguistics, ancient rhetoric

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Pages:  826-828

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