Framing the bad guys : continuative clauses in the depiction of the wrongdoer in papyrus petitions
(2025)
Everyday communication in Antiquity : frames and framings.
In Lexis Supplementi
18.
p.293-323
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- Eleonora Cattafi (UGent)
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- Abstract
- While the analysis of papyrus petitions has often been motivated by historical interests, less attention has been drawn to their linguistic features. In this paper, I investigate the use of continuative clauses in Greek petitions from Egypt (I-VIII AD): in particular, I focus on a specific textual unit of the text, illustrating how the wrongdoers and their acts in the concrete case of the document are characterised by means of relativisation. Moreover, I discuss the identification criteria of appositive clauses, as well as the functions that continuative clauses perform in the texts in the light of their syntactic, stylistic and sociolinguistic features.
- Keywords
- Relativisation, Ancient Greek, Documentary papyri, Petitions, Continuative clauses
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- Cattafi, Eleonora. “Framing the Bad Guys : Continuative Clauses in the Depiction of the Wrongdoer in Papyrus Petitions.” Everyday Communication in Antiquity : Frames and Framings, edited by Klaas Bentein, vol. 18, Ca’Foscari, 2025, pp. 293–323, doi:10.30687/978-88-6969-886-6/009.
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- Cattafi, E. (2025). Framing the bad guys : continuative clauses in the depiction of the wrongdoer in papyrus petitions. In K. Bentein (Ed.), Everyday communication in Antiquity : frames and framings (Vol. 18, pp. 293–323). https://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-886-6/009
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- Cattafi, Eleonora. 2025. “Framing the Bad Guys : Continuative Clauses in the Depiction of the Wrongdoer in Papyrus Petitions.” In Everyday Communication in Antiquity : Frames and Framings, edited by Klaas Bentein, 18:293–323. Venice: Ca’Foscari. https://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-886-6/009.
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- Cattafi, Eleonora. 2025. “Framing the Bad Guys : Continuative Clauses in the Depiction of the Wrongdoer in Papyrus Petitions.” In Everyday Communication in Antiquity : Frames and Framings, ed by. Klaas Bentein, 18:293–323. Venice: Ca’Foscari. doi:10.30687/978-88-6969-886-6/009.
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- 1.Cattafi E. Framing the bad guys : continuative clauses in the depiction of the wrongdoer in papyrus petitions. In: Bentein K, editor. Everyday communication in Antiquity : frames and framings. Venice: Ca’Foscari; 2025. p. 293–323.
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- [1]E. Cattafi, “Framing the bad guys : continuative clauses in the depiction of the wrongdoer in papyrus petitions,” in Everyday communication in Antiquity : frames and framings, vol. 18, K. Bentein, Ed. Venice: Ca’Foscari, 2025, pp. 293–323.
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