Politeness in Ancient Greek and Latin
Luis Unceta Gómez editor Łukasz Berger editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:8th Sep '22
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The first major study of politeness in Ancient Greece and Rome, from effusive greetings to aggressive humour and friendly banter.
The first major study of politeness in Ancient Greece and Rome, introducing the linguistic framework and showcasing a range of methods, topics, and genres. The individual chapters focus on canonical authors as well as on under-studied texts by ancient scholars and court proceedings.Politeness serves to manage social relations or is wielded as an instrument of power. Through good manners, people demonstrate their educational background and social rank. This is the first book to bring together the most recent scholarship on politeness and impoliteness in Ancient Greek and Latin, signalling both its universal and its culture-specific traits. Leading scholars analyse texts by canonical classical authors (including Plato, Cicero, Euripides, and Plautus), as well as non-literary sources, to provide glimpses into the courtesy and rudeness of Greek and Latin speakers. A wide range of interdisciplinary approaches is adopted, namely pragmatics, conversation analysis, and computational linguistics. With its extensive introduction, the volume introduces readers to one of the most dynamic fields of Linguistics, while demonstrating that it can serve as an innovative tool in philological readings of classical texts.
'… this impressive volume provides a wealth of information … It covers both literary and non-literary sources, goes beyond the usual textual suspects and provides ample contextualization.' Ezra la Roi, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
ISBN: 9781009123037
Dimensions: 235mm x 158mm x 29mm
Weight: 770g
380 pages