Linguistic interaction in Roman comedy
| 1. Verfasser: |
Barrios-Lech, Peter, 1977-
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Cambridge New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2016.
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| Umfang/Format: |
1 online resource (xxiii, 381 pages) : illustrations. |
| Online Zugang: |
Online available |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Machine generated contents note: 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.
