Book contents
- Linguistic Interaction in Roman Comedy
- Linguistic Interaction in Roman Comedy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Note on texts and translations
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Part I How to command and request in early Latin
- Chapter 2 Introducing Latin commands and requests, or directives
- Chapter 3 Fac, facito (“do,” “you shall do”): The present and future imperative
- Chapter 4 Facias, faciamus (“do,” “let us do”): Jussive and hortatory subjunctives
- Chapter 5 Ne facias, ne fac, noli facere, and other Latin prohibitions
- Chapter 6 Quin facis? (“Why don’t you do?”): Latin “question requests”
- Chapter 7 Aequom est te facere (“It’s right that you do”) and other Latin impersonal requests
- Chapter 8 Potin ut facias? and volo ut facias: Possibility and volition
- Summary of Part I
- Part II How to say “please” in early Latin, and more
- Part III How to greet and gain attention, and when to interrupt
- Part IV The language of friendship, the language of domination
- Part V Role shifts, speech shifts
- Book part
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index rerum
- Index vocabulorum et locutionum
- Index locorum potiorum
Chapter 6 - Quin facis? (“Why don’t you do?”): Latin “question requests”
from Part I - How to command and request in early Latin
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2016
Book contents
- Linguistic Interaction in Roman Comedy
- Linguistic Interaction in Roman Comedy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Note on texts and translations
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Part I How to command and request in early Latin
- Chapter 2 Introducing Latin commands and requests, or directives
- Chapter 3 Fac, facito (“do,” “you shall do”): The present and future imperative
- Chapter 4 Facias, faciamus (“do,” “let us do”): Jussive and hortatory subjunctives
- Chapter 5 Ne facias, ne fac, noli facere, and other Latin prohibitions
- Chapter 6 Quin facis? (“Why don’t you do?”): Latin “question requests”
- Chapter 7 Aequom est te facere (“It’s right that you do”) and other Latin impersonal requests
- Chapter 8 Potin ut facias? and volo ut facias: Possibility and volition
- Summary of Part I
- Part II How to say “please” in early Latin, and more
- Part III How to greet and gain attention, and when to interrupt
- Part IV The language of friendship, the language of domination
- Part V Role shifts, speech shifts
- Book part
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index rerum
- Index vocabulorum et locutionum
- Index locorum potiorum
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- Linguistic Interaction in Roman Comedy , pp. 80 - 90Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016