Politeness in Ancient Greek and Latin

Luis Unceta Gómez (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Łukasz Berger

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Cambridge University Press
21 December 2023

Historical & comparative linguistics; Ancient history: to c 500 CE

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.

Edited by: Luis Unceta Gómez (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Łukasz Berger
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781009124164
ISBN 10: 1009124161
Pages: 424
Publication Date: 21 December 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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 is a lecturer in Classics at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. His research interests are pragmatic aspects of dialogue in Roman comedy.

Reviews for Politeness in Ancient Greek and Latin

'… 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