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Politeness in Ancient Greek and Latin

Editors:
Luis Unceta Gómez, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Łukasz Berger, University of Adam Mickiewicz, Poland

Luis Unceta Gómez, Łukasz Berger, Peter Barrios-Lech, Camille Denizot, Francesca Mencacci, Rolando Ferri, Michael Lloyd, Giada Sorrentino, Evert Van Emde Boas, Lidewij Van Gils, Rodie Risselada, Jon Hall, Federica Iurescia, Anna Zago

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Date Published: December 2023
availability: Not yet published - available from October 2024
format: Paperback
isbn: 9781009124164

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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.
- Provides a solid and accessible introduction to politeness research, using non-technical language to present the theories and methods in conjunction with explanations and examples
- Includes a glossary of key terms and intratextual references to provide greater explanation of the most important concepts
- Ensures that every chapter is self-explanatory in terms of concepts and methods
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'… 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

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Product details
- Date Published: December 2023
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781009124164
- length: 424 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 22 mm
- weight: 0.613kg
- availability: Not yet published - available from October 2024
Table of Contents
Part I. Introduction:
1. Im/Politeness Research in Ancient Greek and Latin: Concepts, Methods, Data Luis Unceta Gómez and Łukasz Berger
Part II. The Expression of Im/Politeness:
2. Towards a Comparison of Greek and Roman Politeness Systems Peter Barrios-Lech
3. How to Be Polite without Saying 'Please' in Classical Greek? The Role of δή in Polite Requests Camille Denizot
4. Text as Interaction: ut mihi (quidem) uidetur as a Hedging Device in Latin Literary Texts Francesca Mencacci
5. Politeness Formulae in Roman Non-Literary Sources: The Case of Juridical Texts Rolando Ferri
Part III. Im/Politeness in Use:
6. Friendship Terms in Plato Michael Lloyd
7. Conversational Openings and Politeness in Menander. An Integrated Pragmatic Approach to Menandrean Dialogue Giada Sorrentino
8. Im/politeness of Interruptions in Roman Comedy Łukasz Berger
9. Im/Politeness and Conversation Analysis in Greek Tragedy: The Case of Theseus and the Herald in Euripides' Supplices Evert Van Emde Boas
10. Qui honoris causa nominatur. Form and Function of Third-Party Politeness in Cicero Lidewij Van Gils and Rodie Risselada
11. Banter, Teasing and Politeness in Varro's De re rustica Jon Hall
Part IV. Ancient Perceptions on Im/Politeness:
12. Being Polite the Roman Way. Comments about Im/Politeness in the Comedies of Plautus and Terence Luis Unceta Gómez
13. Impoliteness outside Literature: The Colloquium Harleianum Federica Iurescia
14. Politeness in Ancient Scholarship Anna Zago.
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Editors
Luis Unceta Gómez, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Luis Unceta Gómez is Senior Lecturer in Latin Philology at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. His research interests focus on Latin semantics and pragmatics, and especially linguistic politeness, topics on which he has published extensively.
Łukasz Berger, University of Adam Mickiewicz, Poland
Łukasz Berger is a lecturer in Classics at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. His research interests are pragmatic aspects of dialogue in Roman comedy.
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Luis Unceta Gómez, Łukasz Berger, Peter Barrios-Lech, Camille Denizot, Francesca Mencacci, Rolando Ferri, Michael Lloyd, Giada Sorrentino, Evert Van Emde Boas, Lidewij Van Gils, Rodie Risselada, Jon Hall, Federica Iurescia, Anna Zago