Some Remarks on Language Usage in Late Babylonian Letters
This paper deals with language usage in private and institutional letters from the Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid periods. It analyses the usage of terms of address, greeting formulae and direct and indirect phrasing, drawing on notions of politeness developed by Brown and Levinson. Of particular int...
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| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2017-10-01
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| Series: | Open Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/opli-2017-0019 |