Jon Hall

List of John Benjamins publications in which Jon Hall is involved.

Articles

Hall, Jon 2023 Cicero’s De Officiis , politeness and modern conduct manuals Politeness in and across Historical Europe, Paternoster, Annick, Gudrun Held and Dániel Z. Kádár (eds.), pp. 16–31 | Article

This paper considers the guidelines for polite conversation and appropriate comportment presented in Cicero’s philosophical treatise De Officiis (44 bce), examining them in the light of recent scholarship on modern conduct manuals (e.g., Terkourafi [2011], Alfonzetti [2016], Culpeper [2017] and… read more

Hall, Jon 2019 Seneca’s De Beneficiis and non-verbal politeness in ancient Rome Exploring (im)politeness in ancient languages, Ridealgh, Kim (ed.), pp. 225–243 | Article

This paper examines the philosophical treatise De Beneficiis written by Seneca the Younger (c. 4 bce to 65 ce) and discusses some of the insights that it offers regarding the pragmatics of interpersonal encounters in ancient Rome. In particular, it identifies types of appropriate and… read more