Publications

Publication details [#61825]

Ridealgh, Kim. 2016. Polite like an Egyptian? Case Studies of Politeness in the Late Ramesside Letters. Journal of Politeness Research 12 (2) : 245–266.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

face maintenance | historical linguistics | letter | politeness | social status

Language as a subject

Egyptian, Ancient

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/JPLR/html

Annotation

Using 3 case studies on distinct politeness research facets -discernment and first-order politeness and facework-, this paper examines Late Egyptian ‘politeness’ and considers modern politeness frames' fitness for exploring the Late Ramesside Letter (LRL) corpus of 70+ personal communications. What was considered polite conduct in LRL (c.1099–1069 BCE) writing, strictly adhering to hierarchical social positions ?