Question
In Language in Literature, Roman Jakobson compared our unawareness of our metalingual operations to a remark about this action. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this action that Monsieur Jourdain is shocked to learn he’s been performing for forty years without knowing it in a celebrated exchange from Molière’s play Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (“zhawn-tee-YUM”).
ANSWER: speaking in prose [accept any answers about using prose]
[10e] Before learning that he speaks in prose, Jourdain pretends to understand the Philosophy Master’s quotes in this language. Macaronic passages in Molière’s plays incorporate this language’s “dog” form.
ANSWER: Latin [accept Dog Latin]
[10h] Real philosophers often insult each other by quoting from the pseudo-Latin finale of The Imaginary Invalid, in which Géronte claims that poppies cause sleep because they have this property with a two-word name.
ANSWER: dormitive virtue [or virtus dormitiva; or dormitive principle]
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Chicago Open | 07/28/2024 | Y | 15 | 12.67 | 100% | 20% | 7% |