Seneca’s De Beneficiis and non-verbal politeness in ancient Rome

IF 0.4 3区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Journal of Historical Pragmatics Pub Date : 2019-12-10 DOI:10.1075/jhp.00030.hal

Jon Hall

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Abstract

Abstract This paper examines the philosophical treatise De Beneficiis written by Seneca the Younger (c. 4 bce to 65 ce) and discusses some of the insights that it offers regarding the pragmatics of interpersonal encounters in ancient Rome. In particular, it identifies types of appropriate and inappropriate non-verbal behaviour sometimes employed when making requests. Seneca’s close observation of these social nuances alerts us to the importance of non-verbal elements for a complete understanding of (im)politeness in everyday life.

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塞内加的《论恩惠》与古罗马的非言语礼貌

摘要:本文考察了小塞内加(公元前4年至公元前65年)的哲学论文《论受益者》，并讨论了它提供的关于古罗马人际交往的语用学的一些见解。特别是，它确定了在提出请求时有时使用的适当和不适当的非语言行为的类型。塞内卡对这些社会细微差别的密切观察提醒我们，非语言因素对于完全理解日常生活中的礼貌的重要性。

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Journal of Historical Pragmatics Multiple-

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1.90

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Historical Pragmatics provides an interdisciplinary forum for theoretical, empirical and methodological work at the intersection of pragmatics and historical linguistics. The editorial focus is on socio-historical and pragmatic aspects of historical texts in their sociocultural context of communication (e.g. conversational principles, politeness strategies, or speech acts) and on diachronic pragmatics as seen in linguistic processes such as grammaticalization or discoursization. Contributions draw on data from literary or non-literary sources and from any language. In addition to contributions with a strictly pragmatic or discourse analytical perspective, it also includes contributions with a more sociolinguistic or semantic approach.