Amy Coker

List of John Benjamins publications in which Amy Coker is involved.

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Coker, Amy 2019 How filthy was Cleopatra? Looking for dysphemistic words in ancient Greek Exploring (im)politeness in ancient languages, Ridealgh, Kim (ed.), pp. 186–203 | Article

Starting from a sexual pun in Greek reputedly made by Cleopatra in 31 bce on the word τορύνη (torunē) (‘ladle’), this paper argues that the linguist can successfully take up the “evaluator’s role” (Kádár and Culpeper 2010: 18) in ascertaining the dysphemistic value of words in historical corpora. read more