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Pragmatics and Conversational Language in Ancient Greek and Latin - PRAGMÁFANES

Reference of the Group:

GIUV2026-022

 
Description of research activity:
The PRAGMÁFANES research group establishes its primary objective and field of study as the conversational language of Ancient Greek and Latin, placing particular emphasis on dramatic texts (Comedy, Tragedy, and Satyr Play). These are conceptualized as privileged loci for the analysis of verbal interaction within dialogic contexts. Concurrently, the group extends its investigative purview to other genres such as oratory, Platonic dialogues and the like (Lucian of Samosata, for example), wherein conversational and dialogic components are manifest to varying degrees. The group adopts an integrative linguistic and philological framework, synthesizing syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic analyses with the most recent advancements in the fields of linguistics and pragmatics. Its research endeavors are directed towards the methodological renewal of studies regarding conversational language and colloquial registers in Ancient Greek and Latin; Conversational Analysis proper; the examination of phenomena such as verbal politeness and impoliteness, pragmatic attenuation and intensification, discourse markers, extra-sentential and peripheral elements, the interplay between linguistic form,...The PRAGMÁFANES research group establishes its primary objective and field of study as the conversational language of Ancient Greek and Latin, placing particular emphasis on dramatic texts (Comedy, Tragedy, and Satyr Play). These are conceptualized as privileged loci for the analysis of verbal interaction within dialogic contexts. Concurrently, the group extends its investigative purview to other genres such as oratory, Platonic dialogues and the like (Lucian of Samosata, for example), wherein conversational and dialogic components are manifest to varying degrees. The group adopts an integrative linguistic and philological framework, synthesizing syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic analyses with the most recent advancements in the fields of linguistics and pragmatics. Its research endeavors are directed towards the methodological renewal of studies regarding conversational language and colloquial registers in Ancient Greek and Latin; Conversational Analysis proper; the examination of phenomena such as verbal politeness and impoliteness, pragmatic attenuation and intensification, discourse markers, extra-sentential and peripheral elements, the interplay between linguistic form, communicative action, and scenic and situational context, or the linguistic expression of verbal humor. Furthermore, the group addresses the implications of these studies for translation, textual criticism, university pedagogy, and knowledge transfer to society.
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Scientific-technical goals:
  • Desarrollar un modelo metodológico actualizado de análisis de la lengua conversacional del griego antiguo y el latín, integrando perspectivas filológicas, pragmáticas y discursivas.
  • Analizar de manera sistemática los mecanismos lingüísticos de la interacción verbal en el teatro antiguo y otros géneros dialógicos, con especial atención a la cortesía y descortesía verbal, la atenuación e intensificación pragmática, la gestión de la imagen; y la expresión lingüística del humor verbal.
  • Analizar y reinterpretar los marcadores de oralidad ficcionalizada, identificando funciones pragmáticas in situ y no por meras listas de léxico.
  • Contribuir a una mejor comprensión de la relación entre lengua, acción comunicativa y contexto escénico y situacional en la comedia y la tragedia antiguas.
  • Aplicar los resultados de la investigación a la traducción, edición y comentario de textos clásicos, así como a la innovación docente en el ámbito universitario, promoviendo una comprensión de la gramática que integre sintaxis, semántica y pragmática.
  • Fomentar la colaboración interdisciplinar y la transferencia de conocimiento hacia otros ámbitos de estudio y hacia la sociedad.
 
Research lines:
  • Conversational Language of Ancient Greek Drama.Analysis of the conversational language of Ancient Greek drama as a privileged site of verbal interaction and communicative action in the theatrical context.
  • Historical Pragmatics and Conversation Analysis of Ancient Greek.Application of historical pragmatics and conversational analysis models to the study of Ancient Greek in dialogue texts.
  • Conversational Syntax and Extra-sentential Elements in Ancient Greek.Study of syntactic, sentence and extra-sentential structures characteristic of the conversational language of Ancient Greek from a discourse-based perspective.
  • Conversational Language of Latin.Pragmatic and discourse-based study of the conversational language of Latin, with particular attention to dramatic texts and other dialogue or epistolographic genres.
 
Group members:
Name Nature of participation Entity Description
JUAN MIGUEL LABIANO ILUNDAINDirectorUniversitat de València
Research team
ESTEBAN BERCHEZ CASTAÑOMemberUniversitat de València
JOAN EGEA SANCHEZMemberUniversitat de València
OSCAR BAYO GISBERTMemberUniversitat de València
CARLOS MONZO GALLOCollaboratorUniversidad de ValladolidPermanent faculty
ALBA BOSCÀ CUQUERELLACollaboratorUniversidad de ValladolidFull-time trainee professor (doctor)
 
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Associated structure:
  • Classical Languages