Background
Dickey, Eleanor was born on April 9, 1967 in New Haven. Daughter of Thomas Atherton and Barbara Dickey.
(How did Romans address their children, their parents, the...)
How did Romans address their children, their parents, their slaves, and their patrons? When one Roman called another 'dearest' 'master' 'brother' 'human being' 'executioner' or 'soft little cheese' what did these terms really mean and why? This book brings to bear on such questions a corpus of 15,441 addresses spanning four centuries, drawn from literary prose, poetry, letters, inscriptions, ostraca, and papyri and analysed during recent work in sociolinguistics. The results offer new insights into Roman culture and shed a fresh light on the interpretation of numerous passages in literature. A glossary of the 500 most common addresses and quick-reference tables explaining the rules of usage make this book a valuable resource for Latin teachers and all active users of the language, while the evidence for the investigations behind these conclusions will fascinate scholars and laymen alike. Original, jargon-free, and highly readable, this work will be enjoyed even by those with no prior knowledge of Latin.
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(How did an Athenian citizen address his wife, his childre...)
How did an Athenian citizen address his wife, his children, his dog? How did they address him? The only evidence we have is in the form of written texts, but how close are these to spoken ancient Greek? Based on a corpus of 11,891 vocatives from 25 authors, Dickey uses sociolinguistic techniques and evidence to answer these questions.
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Dickey, Eleanor was born on April 9, 1967 in New Haven. Daughter of Thomas Atherton and Barbara Dickey.
Bachelor, Bryn Mawr College, 1989. Master of Arts, Bryn Mawr College, 1989. Master of Philosophy, Balliol College, Oxford University, 1991.
Doctor of Philosophy, Merton College, Oxford University, 1994.
Junior research fellow Merton College, Oxford, England, 1992—1995. Assistant professor classics University Ottawa, 1995—1999, Columbia University, New York City, since 1999. Member editorial board Bryn Mawr Classical Review, since 1998.
(How did Romans address their children, their parents, the...)
(How did an Athenian citizen address his wife, his childre...)