Frames, framings and beyond : afterthoughts and other discoursal ‘add-ons’ in Greek private letter writing
(2025)
Everyday communication in Antiquity : frames and framings.
In Lexis Supplementi
18.
p.145-184
- Author
- Klaas Bentein (UGent) and Marianna Thoma (UGent)
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- EVWRIT (Everyday Writing in Graeco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt (I - VIII AD). A Socio-Semiotic Study of Communicative Variation)
- Abstract
- In this chapter, we review the function of ‘postscripts’ in Roman-period private letter writing. We argue that postscripts did not merely serve to complete information omitted from the main message (so-called ‘afterthoughts’), but also fulfilled other roles, such as managing shared knowledge between initiator and recipient or addressing individuals mentioned in the letter’s salutations. The various types of postscripts we identify are differentiated based on their integration within the letter’s overall discourse structure, their relationship to the writer’s (lack of) discourse planning, and their typical linguistic characteristics. In the final part of the chapter, we examine the use of postscripts in the corpus of women’s letters, where postscripts appear conspicuously frequently.
- Keywords
- Ancient Greek, Papyri, Postscript, Women, Discoursal ‘add-on’, Epistolography, Afterthought, Apollonios strategos archive
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01JM1R8H38SWV3N1P14KMTV5GE
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- Bentein, Klaas, and Marianna Thoma. “Frames, Framings and beyond : Afterthoughts and Other Discoursal ‘add-Ons’ in Greek Private Letter Writing.” Everyday Communication in Antiquity : Frames and Framings, edited by Klaas Bentein, vol. 18, Ca’Foscari, 2025, pp. 145–84, doi:10.30687/978-88-6969-886-6/005.
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- Bentein, K., & Thoma, M. (2025). Frames, framings and beyond : afterthoughts and other discoursal “add-ons” in Greek private letter writing. In K. Bentein (Ed.), Everyday communication in Antiquity : frames and framings (Vol. 18, pp. 145–184). https://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-886-6/005
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- Bentein, Klaas, and Marianna Thoma. 2025. “Frames, Framings and beyond : Afterthoughts and Other Discoursal ‘add-Ons’ in Greek Private Letter Writing.” In Everyday Communication in Antiquity : Frames and Framings, edited by Klaas Bentein, 18:145–84. Venezia: Ca’Foscari. https://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-886-6/005.
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- Bentein, Klaas, and Marianna Thoma. 2025. “Frames, Framings and beyond : Afterthoughts and Other Discoursal ‘add-Ons’ in Greek Private Letter Writing.” In Everyday Communication in Antiquity : Frames and Framings, ed by. Klaas Bentein, 18:145–184. Venezia: Ca’Foscari. doi:10.30687/978-88-6969-886-6/005.
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- 1.Bentein K, Thoma M. Frames, framings and beyond : afterthoughts and other discoursal “add-ons” in Greek private letter writing. In: Bentein K, editor. Everyday communication in Antiquity : frames and framings. Venezia: Ca’Foscari; 2025. p. 145–84.
- IEEE
- [1]K. Bentein and M. Thoma, “Frames, framings and beyond : afterthoughts and other discoursal ‘add-ons’ in Greek private letter writing,” in Everyday communication in Antiquity : frames and framings, vol. 18, K. Bentein, Ed. Venezia: Ca’Foscari, 2025, pp. 145–184.
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