Expresiones directivas con verbos de uso copulativo en la comedia latina
ISSN: 0017-1298
Datum der Publikation: 2019
Nummer: 95
Seiten: 8-25
Art: Artikel
Andere Publikationen in: Glotta: zeitschrift für griechische und lateinische sprache...
Zusammenfassung
This paper considers the specific characteristics of directives involving a copular verb in Roman comedy. Different variables are included in the analysis: the social status of characters, their gender, the subtype of speech act, and the level of compliance implied in it. These variables, as well as an understanding of particular characters and the dramatic context, allow us to describe and explain the behaviour of esse in directives, providing evidence for cases in which verbs of this type behave like other predicates, and for circumstances in which they deviate from the general trend. A hierarchy of the most common and the most peculiar expressions is also proposed, focussing primarily on the distinction between subtypes of directives.