Books by Peter Lech
This book examines the language of Roman comedy from the perspective of pragmatics and sociolingu... more This book examines the language of Roman comedy from the perspective of pragmatics and sociolinguistics. I consider particularly: commands and requests, command softeners and strengtheners, hedges on the assertive act, attention-getters (like heus!, "hey!"), interruptions, greetings and closings, and, generally, linguistic characterization.
Articles by Peter Lech
Quasi Labor Intus: Ambiguity in the Latin Language (forthcoming)
ABSTRACT: the contribution considers the off-record request in Early Latin, using a corpus of dir... more ABSTRACT: the contribution considers the off-record request in Early Latin, using a corpus of directives drawn from Roman Comedy.
Classical World, 2018
The article advances a pun on Lycus' name (one of the central characters in Plautus' "The Little ... more The article advances a pun on Lycus' name (one of the central characters in Plautus' "The Little Carthaginian"), and argues for its importance to plot and characterization.
The article discusses the register, politeness, temporal scope, and sociolinguistics of that most... more The article discusses the register, politeness, temporal scope, and sociolinguistics of that most Roman of imperatives, the future imperative.
The article argues that Catullus, in carmen 8, alludes to passages from Menander's Misoumenos.
The article argues that a bilingual pun appears at V. Fl. 5.645 and potentially also at V. Fl. 7.... more The article argues that a bilingual pun appears at V. Fl. 5.645 and potentially also at V. Fl. 7.347.
Article considers patterns of usage in the type ποιῶμεν in Menander.
The article argues for a bilingual (Greek/Latin) pun at Plautus' Captivi 229-230, spoken by the p... more The article argues for a bilingual (Greek/Latin) pun at Plautus' Captivi 229-230, spoken by the principal character, Tyndarus, and places it within the context of his depiction and the generic ambiguity of the play itself.
Glotta, 2016
The article argues that the process whereby noli becomes equivalent to "ne" is visible when compa... more The article argues that the process whereby noli becomes equivalent to "ne" is visible when comparing the form in Plautus and Terence. Other patterns of use are pointed out.
Quaderni Urbinati di Cultura Classica, 109 NS, Nº1: 119-136
Rheinisches Museum für Philologie, 2014
This piece demonstrates some patterns in Plautus' and Terence's use of the 1st person plural so-c... more This piece demonstrates some patterns in Plautus' and Terence's use of the 1st person plural so-called 'hortatory' subjunctive.
Hermes Zeitschrift für Klassische Philologie, 142.4, 480-486, 2014
Mnemosyne, 67.3, 458-465, 2014
Reviews by Peter Lech
Classical Review, Oct 2013
Bryn Mawr Classical Review, Mar 24, 2011
Creative Work by Peter Lech
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