2004
Volume 56, Issue 4
  • ISSN: 0165-8204
  • E-ISSN: 2667-1573

Abstract

Abstract

This article takes a discourse pragmatic approach to the Latin text of the . The speech by the emperor Claudius from 48 CE is known for its syntactical complexities. By explaining Claudius’s Latin, I aim to illustrate that a discourse pragmatic approach is more fruitful than a strictly syntactical analysis. First, I discuss the outline of the speech, addressing the way in which both the organisation at the text level and Claudius’s may have helped his live public in processing the speech. Then, I use the concept of to approach Claudius’s and segmentation of his speech at the sentence level. I make a distinction between , , and to analyse the nature of the sequences in Claudius’ brief biographies of Numa, Tarquinius Priscus and Servius Tullius.

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