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Linguistic Interaction in Roman Comedy
Peter Barrios-Lech
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Description for Linguistic Interaction in Roman Comedy
hardcover. A comprehensive account of features of Latin that emerge from dialogue, drawing on the data from Roman comedy and drama. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 b/w illus. 32 tables. BIC Classification: 2ADL; CFF; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
This book presents a comprehensive account of features of Latin that emerge from dialogue: commands and requests, command softeners and strengtheners, statement hedges, interruptions, attention-getters, greetings and closings. In analyzing these features, Peter Barrios-Lech employs a quantitative method and draws on all the data from Roman comedy and the fragments of Latin drama. In the first three parts, on commands and requests, particles, attention-getters and interruptions, the driving questions are firstly - what leads the speaker to choose one form over another? And secondly - how do the playwrights use these features to characterize on the linguistic level? Part IV ... Read more
This book presents a comprehensive account of features of Latin that emerge from dialogue: commands and requests, command softeners and strengtheners, statement hedges, interruptions, attention-getters, greetings and closings. In analyzing these features, Peter Barrios-Lech employs a quantitative method and draws on all the data from Roman comedy and the fragments of Latin drama. In the first three parts, on commands and requests, particles, attention-getters and interruptions, the driving questions are firstly - what leads the speaker to choose one form over another? And secondly - how do the playwrights use these features to characterize on the linguistic level? Part IV ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
410
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107129825
SKU
V9781107129825
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Ref
99-12
About Peter Barrios-Lech
Peter Barrios-Lech is Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Besides teaching Latin and Greek, and courses in Greek and Roman civilization, he co-directs the Conventiculum Bostoniense, a week-length program in spoken Latin which attracts graduate students, professors, high-school students and Latin enthusiasts from around the country. He has published articles on the language of Plautus and ... Read more
Reviews for Linguistic Interaction in Roman Comedy
'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