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Introduction published In: Exploring (im)politeness in ancient languages
Edited by Kim Ridealgh
[Journal of Historical Pragmatics 20:2] 2019
► pp. 169–185

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Introduction

 | Dalian University of Foreign Languages, China | Hungarian Academy of Sciences
 | University of East Anglia, UK
Published online: 10 December 2019
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https://doi.org/10.1075/jhp.00027.kad
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction: Why do historical (im)politeness research?
  • 2.(Im)politeness in the “bce”
    • 2.1The synchronic relevance of research on bce
  • 3.Overview of the Special Issue
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
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