The Old Man and Linguistic Politeness in the Comedies of Plautus.
The Old Man and Linguistic Politeness in the Comedies of Plautus.
Author(s): Łukasz BergerSubject(s): Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: old men; politeness theory; Roman comedy; greetings; advising; persuasion.
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to study the conversational behaviour of the Plautine old men in light of (im)politeness theory. The analysis concerns those scenes of salutatio and advice-giving where one of the speakers is a senex,in order to examine features of his linguistic characterisation.
Journal: Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae
- Issue Year: XXVII/2017
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 249-273
- Page Count: 25
- Language: English