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Requests in the Qurra dossier : a cross-cultural pragmatic approach

Fokelien Kootstra (UGent) and Klaas Bentein (UGent)
(2025) Everyday communication in Antiquity : frames and framings. In Lexis Supplementi 18. p.245-290
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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
Linguistic contact in Late Antique Egypt has received much scholarly interest, with several studies dedicated to multilingual communicative practice. Such investigations of papyrus documents have primarily focused on formulation and language choice. The current contribution will focus on the pragmatics of Request in Greek and Arabic from a cross-cultural perspective, based on the letters in the Qurra dossier. This is a collection of official letters from the governor of Egypt between 709 and 715 AD, to the pagarch of Aphrodito. This will shed light on the historical pragmatics of both linguacultures and investigate the effects of contact.
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Papyri, Arabic, Cross-cultural pragmatics, Multilingualism, Greek, Documentary papyri, Qurra dossier

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Kootstra, Fokelien, and Klaas Bentein. “Requests in the Qurra Dossier : A Cross-Cultural Pragmatic Approach.” Everyday Communication in Antiquity : Frames and Framings, edited by Klaas Bentein, vol. 18, Ca’Foscari, 2025, pp. 245–90, doi:10.30687/978-88-6969-886-6/008.
APA
Kootstra, F., & Bentein, K. (2025). Requests in the Qurra dossier : a cross-cultural pragmatic approach. In K. Bentein (Ed.), Everyday communication in Antiquity : frames and framings (Vol. 18, pp. 245–290). https://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-886-6/008
Chicago author-date
Kootstra, Fokelien, and Klaas Bentein. 2025. “Requests in the Qurra Dossier : A Cross-Cultural Pragmatic Approach.” In Everyday Communication in Antiquity : Frames and Framings, edited by Klaas Bentein, 18:245–90. Venezia: Ca’Foscari. https://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-886-6/008.
Chicago author-date (all authors)
Kootstra, Fokelien, and Klaas Bentein. 2025. “Requests in the Qurra Dossier : A Cross-Cultural Pragmatic Approach.” In Everyday Communication in Antiquity : Frames and Framings, ed by. Klaas Bentein, 18:245–290. Venezia: Ca’Foscari. doi:10.30687/978-88-6969-886-6/008.
Vancouver
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Kootstra F, Bentein K. Requests in the Qurra dossier : a cross-cultural pragmatic approach. In: Bentein K, editor. Everyday communication in Antiquity : frames and framings. Venezia: Ca’Foscari; 2025. p. 245–90.
IEEE
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F. Kootstra and K. Bentein, “Requests in the Qurra dossier : a cross-cultural pragmatic approach,” in Everyday communication in Antiquity : frames and framings, vol. 18, K. Bentein, Ed. Venezia: Ca’Foscari, 2025, pp. 245–290.
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