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Wenn Du Mein Bruder Bist, ...: Interaktion Und Textgestaltung in Atlbabylonischen Alltagsbriefen
Contributor(s): Sallaberger (Author)

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 ISBN: 905693029X     ISBN-13: 9789056930295
Publisher: Brill
OUR PRICE: $197.60  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Language: German
Published: January 1999
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Annotation: Among cuneiform texts, only letters address directly a concrete historical person. Letters being texts composed and used in everyday verbal interaction, they replace direct communication. This specific situational context provokes basic questions such as: from the point of view of the ancient letter writer, what are the conventionally possible ways of expressing the intentions of the sender? And from the modern researcher's standpoint, how can we detect the 'tone' of a given letter? This study focuses neither on the facts represented and the persons communicating nor on the system of the language, but is rather concerned with the specific, rule-governed use of language in interaction. The method employed is a combination of the philological treatment of the texts with questions and insights from linguistic pragmatics, discourse analysis, and text linguistics. The book concentrates on the corpus of Old Babylonian letters from Mesopotamia. The topics treated include: address behaviour, i.e. use and interdependence of term of address, greeting, and form of address of the verb; the stucture and the basic function of an Old Babylonian letter; the polite speech acts of gratitude and of asking a favour; rational argumentation in everyday verbal interaction.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Architecture | Interior Design - General
- History | Ancient - General
- History | Europe - General
Series: Cuneiform Monographs
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 7.1" W x 9.66" L (1.75 lbs) 302 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
 
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