The Pragmatics of Politeness and Pauline Epistolography: a Case Study of the Letter To Philemon
Through a case study analysis of Paul's letter to Philemon using the framework of Geoffrey Leech's interpersonal rhetoric, this paper suggests that the techniques of modern linguistic pragmatics—in particular politeness theory-constitute a valuable approach to the Pauline writings by direc...
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Sage
1992
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Journal for the study of the New Testament
Year: 1992, Volume: 15, Issue: 48, Pages: 107-119 |
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