Imperatives and Other Directive Expressions in Latin : A Study in the Pragmatics of a Dead Language /

Imperatives and Other Directive Expressions in Latin : A Study in the Pragmatics of a Dead Language /

As the recent hausse in pragmatic studies shows, linguistic attention is increasingly focussing on aspects of language use. Making use of recent insights developed within speech act theory, discourse analysis, and sociolinguistics, this book deals with the various expressions that were used in Latin...

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Main Author: Rodie, Risselada (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 1993.

Series: Amsterdam Studies in Classical Philology ; 2.
Amsterdam Studies in Classical Philology Online, ISBN: 9789004419025.

Subjects:

Latin language > Imperative.
Latin language > Discourse analysis.

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Call Number: PA2245.I4

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • DIRECTIVES AS SPEECH ACTS
  • THE EXPRESSION OF ILLOCUTIONARY FORCE
  • GRAMMATICAL EXPRESSIONS OF DIRECTIVITY
  • IMPERATIVE DIRECTIVES
  • DECLARATIVE DIRECTIVES
  • INTERROGATIVE DIRECTIVES
  • DIRECTIVES EXPRESSED BY LEXICAL MEANS
  • EVALUATION AND CONCLUSIONS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX LOCORUM.