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Latin forms of address: from Plautus to Apuleius/

Main Author: Dickey, Eleanor
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007
Subjects:
Latin language > Address, Forms of
Latin language > Social aspects > Rome
Social interaction > Rome
Forms of address > Rome
Names, Personal > Rome
Names, Latin
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: List of Tables
  • Introduction
  • The sociolinguistic study of address forms
  • Categories of address
  • Rules of address
  • Lexical versus address meaning
  • Register
  • Other linguistic contributions
  • Previous work on Latin forms of address
  • The scope of this study
  • Latin literature and its presentation of the address
  • system
  • Part I. Addresses
  • 1 Names
  • 2 Titles
  • 3 Kinship Terms
  • 4 Terms of Endearment, Affection, and Esteem
  • 5 Insults
  • 6 Other Addresses
  • 7 The Use of mi and o
  • Part II. Interactions
  • 8 Addresses between Known People without any
  • Special Attachment to One Another
  • 9 Addresses to Strangers and Nameless Characters
  • 10 Addresses between Relatives
  • 11 Addresses between Spouses and Others with a
  • Romantic Interest
  • 12 Addresses to Groups
  • 13 Addresses to and from Non-Humans
  • Glossary
  • Usage Tables
  • Editions of Ancient Texts
  • Abbreviations for Modern Works and Collections
  • References
  • Indices
  • Index of Words Discussed
  • Index Locorum
  • Index of Topics.

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