Connecting intersubjectivity, politeness and stance with wishes in the Post-Classical Greek papyri
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- Ezra la Roi (UGent)
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- The language of the papyri is rife with intersubjectively marked phraseology, i.e. phrases aimed at the epistemic or social self of the addressee(s). Yet, there are few linguistic investigations of intersubjective expressions in Greek papyri. In this contribution, I pave the way for the historical pragmatic analysis of intersubjectivity in the papyri by assessing the types of intersubjectivity that are encoded by wishes in different periods of the Post-Classical Greek papyri (III BCE-VI CE). Focusing on wishes expressed by wish optatives and by performatives, I demonstrate that wishes are one of the key linguistic means to perform so-called ‘stance taking’ in the papyri (i.e. positioning the self and others with respect to objects of communication) and may but need not encode intersubjective attention towards the addressee as part of polite and politic strategies.
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- Intersubjectivity, Stance, Politeness, Wishes, Performatives
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- la Roi, Ezra. “Connecting Intersubjectivity, Politeness and Stance with Wishes in the Post-Classical Greek Papyri.” Everyday Communication in Antiquity : Frames and Framings, edited by Klaas Bentein, vol. 18, Ca’Foscari, 2025, pp. 69–93, doi:10.30687/978-88-6969-886-6/003.
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- la Roi, E. (2025). Connecting intersubjectivity, politeness and stance with wishes in the Post-Classical Greek papyri. In K. Bentein (Ed.), Everyday communication in Antiquity : frames and framings (Vol. 18, pp. 69–93). https://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-886-6/003
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- Roi, Ezra la. 2025. “Connecting Intersubjectivity, Politeness and Stance with Wishes in the Post-Classical Greek Papyri.” In Everyday Communication in Antiquity : Frames and Framings, edited by Klaas Bentein, 18:69–93. Venice: Ca’Foscari. https://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-886-6/003.
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- la Roi, Ezra. 2025. “Connecting Intersubjectivity, Politeness and Stance with Wishes in the Post-Classical Greek Papyri.” In Everyday Communication in Antiquity : Frames and Framings, ed by. Klaas Bentein, 18:69–93. Venice: Ca’Foscari. doi:10.30687/978-88-6969-886-6/003.
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- 1.la Roi E. Connecting intersubjectivity, politeness and stance with wishes in the Post-Classical Greek papyri. In: Bentein K, editor. Everyday communication in Antiquity : frames and framings. Venice: Ca’Foscari; 2025. p. 69–93.
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- [1]E. la Roi, “Connecting intersubjectivity, politeness and stance with wishes in the Post-Classical Greek papyri,” in Everyday communication in Antiquity : frames and framings, vol. 18, K. Bentein, Ed. Venice: Ca’Foscari, 2025, pp. 69–93.
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