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Publication details [#53048]

Brookins, Timothy A. 2010. A politeness analysis of Catullus’ polymetric poems: Can Leech's GSP cross the ancient–modern divide? Journal of Pragmatics 42 (5) : 1283–1295.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

audience | evaluation | function | poem | politeness

Language as a subject

Latin

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

This study explores whether Leech's 'Grand Strategy of Politeness' (GSP) can be properly applied to evaluate (im)politeness usage in the ancient Latin poetry of Catullus.