Latin forms of address
Subtitle: from Plautus to Apuleius
By: Eleanor Dickey.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
Subjects: Latin language -- Address, Forms of; Latin language -- Social aspects -- Rome; Social interaction -- Rome; Forms of address -- Rome; Names, Personal -- Rome; Names, Latin
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [376]-392) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: List of Tables; title: Introduction; title: The sociolinguistic study of address forms; title: Categories of address; title: Rules of address; title: Lexical versus address meaning; title: Register; title: Other linguistic contributions; title: Previous work on Latin forms of address; title: The scope of this study; title: Latin literature and its presentation of the address; title: system; title: Part I. Addresses; title: 1 Names; title: 2 Titles; title: 3 Kinship Terms; title: 4 Terms of Endearment, Affection, and Esteem; title: 5 Insults; title: 6 Other Addresses; title: 7 The Use of mi and o; title: Part II. Interactions; title: 8 Addresses between Known People without any; title: Special Attachment to One Another; title: 9 Addresses to Strangers and Nameless Characters; title: 10 Addresses between Relatives; title: 11 Addresses between Spouses and Others with a; title: Romantic Interest; title: 12 Addresses to Groups; title: 13 Addresses to and from Non-Humans; title: Glossary; title: Usage Tables; title: Editions of Ancient Texts; title: Abbreviations for Modern Works and Collections; title: References; title: Indices; title: Index of Words Discussed; title: Index Locorum; title: Index of Topics.