Jon Hall
List of John Benjamins publications for which Jon Hall plays a role.
Articles
2023 Cicero’s De Officiis , politeness and modern conduct manuals Politeness in and across Historical Europe, Paternoster, Annick, Gudrun Held and Dániel Z. Kádár (eds.), pp. 16–31 | Article
This paper considers the guidelines for polite conversation and appropriate comportment presented in Cicero’s philosophical treatise De Officiis (44 bce), examining them in the light of recent scholarship on modern conduct manuals (e.g., Terkourafi [2011], Alfonzetti [2016], Culpeper [2017] and… read more
2019 Seneca’s De Beneficiis and non-verbal politeness in ancient Rome Exploring (im)politeness in ancient languages, Ridealgh, Kim (ed.), pp. 225–243 | Article
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… read more