Book contents
- Linguistic Interaction in Roman Comedy
- Linguistic Interaction in Roman Comedy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Note on texts and translations
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Part I How to command and request in early Latin
- Part II How to say “please” in early Latin, and more
- Chapter 9 “Fac amabo”: How to soften a command
- Chapter 10 “Quin fac!” How to strengthen a command
- Chapter 11 “Pluet cras, ut opinor”: How to soften a statement in Latin
- Part III How to greet and gain attention, and when to interrupt
- Part IV The language of friendship, the language of domination
- Part V Role shifts, speech shifts
- Book part
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index rerum
- Index vocabulorum et locutionum
- Index locorum potiorum
Chapter 11 - “Pluet cras, ut opinor”: How to soften a statement in Latin
from Part II - How to say “please” in early Latin, and more
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2016
- Linguistic Interaction in Roman Comedy
- Linguistic Interaction in Roman Comedy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Note on texts and translations
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Part I How to command and request in early Latin
- Part II How to say “please” in early Latin, and more
- Chapter 9 “Fac amabo”: How to soften a command
- Chapter 10 “Quin fac!” How to strengthen a command
- Chapter 11 “Pluet cras, ut opinor”: How to soften a statement in Latin
- Part III How to greet and gain attention, and when to interrupt
- Part IV The language of friendship, the language of domination
- Part V Role shifts, speech shifts
- Book part
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index rerum
- Index vocabulorum et locutionum
- Index locorum potiorum
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- Linguistic Interaction in Roman Comedy , pp. 142 - 154Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016