The Language of Hecuba as a Suppliant in her Eponymous Play

In this article, we compare Hecuba’s two supplica-tions alongside other successful and unsuccessful supplications from the perspective of politeness theory. This comparison will enable us to track the evolution of her language throughout the plot. The differences in the language of her first and sec...

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Autor: Rodríguez Piedrabuena, Sandra
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/705139
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/705139
https://dx.doi.org/10.3989/emerita.2022.02.2122
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Politeness theory
supplication
linguistic characterization
Euripides
Teoría de la cortesía
súplica
caracterización lingüística
Filología
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Sumario:In this article, we compare Hecuba’s two supplica-tions alongside other successful and unsuccessful supplications from the perspective of politeness theory. This comparison will enable us to track the evolution of her language throughout the plot. The differences in the language of her first and second supplications may shape the way in which she is characterized