2020/10/01 by Renata Raccanelli · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Psychology · #Art #Comics #Communication #Computer science #Gesture #KISS (TNC) #Linguistics #Linguistics and Discourse Analysis #Literature #Philosophy #Pragmatics #Psychology
paper · pdf · doi:10.1163/9789004440265_018
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In this paper, I aim to show how the pragmatics of communication can specifically contribute to the study of gestures in Plautus' comedies. Since gestural expressiveness is far from being a new and scarcely explored topic in studies on palliata in general and Plautus in particular,1 my observations are not intended to provide an exhaustive or systematic overview of the subject. Rather, I wish to reflect on some methodological insights through a case study in order to focus on how a pragmatic approach may lead to a better understanding of Plautus' texts.