Linguistic Interaction in Roman Comedy

ISBN-13: 9781107129825 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 410 str.

Peter Barrios Lech; Peter Barrios-Lech

Opis

A comprehensive account of features of Latin that emerge from dialogue, drawing on the data from Roman comedy and drama.

Recenzje

'This excellent work offers new insights into the ways Plautus and Terence use language. … In short, this book makes a valuable contribution in a number of different areas and will be welcomed by a wide range of scholars.' Eleanor Dickey, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Spis treści

1. Introduction; Part I. The Latin Directive: Introduction to Part I; 2. The moods of command – imperatives and subjunctives; 3. Prohibitions in Early Latin; 4. Indirect requests – questions and statements; 5. The 'can you' request and others; Conclusion to Part I; Part II. Interactional Particles in Roman Comedy: 6. How to soften a command; 7. How to strengthen a command; 8. How to soften a statement in Latin; Part III. Structuring Conversation: 9. Interruptions and attention-getters; 10. Openings and closings in Roman comedy; Conclusion to Parts I-III: summary of findings; Part IV. Interpreting Interactions in Roman Comedy: 11. Discourse in Roman comedy; 12. Role shifts, speech shifts; Appendix 1. Speech and character types in Roman comedy; Appendix 2. About the directive database; Appendix 3. Politeness phenomena in Roman comedy.