Chiara Fedriani
Biographic Data
| ID | 1180117 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chiara Fedriani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chiara |
| FAMILY NAME | Fedriani |
| SIGNATURE | FEDRIANI C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Genoa |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4556-5059 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Apologies in Greek and Latin Comedy
This study investigates the act of apologizing in Greek and Latin comedy, a speech act that, while relatively rare in classical texts, provides insight into notions of forgiveness in Antiquity. Despite apology and forgiveness not being central to the classical worldview, instances in Greek and Latin comedy demonstrate that some form of remedial action was taken after a wrongdoing. Employing a qualitative and quantitative contrastive socio-pragmat…
The Missing Dative Alternation in Romance
This study explores the correlation between synchronic constructional variation shown by ditransitive verbs in Late Latin and (possible) diachronic developments, investigating the reasons why such developments did or did not occur throughout the history of this language. Starting from a comparison with the rise of the so‐called ‘dative alternation’ in English, which emerged from a scenario that, apparently, was similar to the one found in Late La…
Managing turns, building common ground, planning discourse
This paper discusses the discursive and interpersonal functions conveyed by the Italian negative operator no(?) ‘no’, suggesting a possible pathway of functional enrichment that can account for its high degree of polyfunctionality. Drawing on the KIParla corpus of contemporary spoken Italian, we chart the values of no(?) as a discourse marker, which are all clearly connected to the incremental co-construction of discourse in interaction, either i…
Conditional clauses as polite modifiers in Latin
This article investigates the Latin conditional clause si placet ‘if (it) pleases (you)’, also considering other functional equivalents such as, among others, si non piget ‘if (you) don’t mind’ and si tibi molestum/grave non est ‘if (it) doesn’t bother/annoy (you)’, which all function as polite modifiers of requests and proposals. It first provides a theoretical assessment of si placet and examines its pragmatic functions in the history of Latin.…
Semantic analysis and frequency effects of conceptual metaphors of emotions in Latin. From a corpus-based approach to a dictionary of Latin metaphors
This article presents the main results of a corpus-based analysis of the metaphorical expression of emotions in Latin and a new resource specifically designed to facilitate such large-scale study of conceptual metaphors, the Lexicon Translaticium Latinum . The first part of the paper provides quantitative and qualitative evidence about the types of metaphors used by Roman writers to express four basic emotions: fear, anger, love, and hate. Our re…
The politeness formula si placet in Late Latin
This paper analyzes uses, functions, and literary distribution of the negative politeness formula si placet ‘(lit.) if it pleases (you)’ in a corpus of Late Latin texts (third–sixth century CE). Drawing on both qualitative and quantitative observations, it is suggested that the pragmatic enrichment undergone by this conditional parenthetical clause is due to a conspiracy of factors, namely a process of semantic and pragmatic change fostered by a …
Functional expansions of temporal adverbs and discursive connectives
This paper examines the synchronic competition and diachronic substitution of three Latin temporal expressions: tum, tunc (‘at that time’, ‘then’), and later dumque (originally, ‘while-and’), and its Old Italian outcome dunque (‘then’). Besides providing a new path of development and a new etymology for Italian dunque , we describe in detail the steps by which these forms gradually replaced one another and examine the factors at play in their ren…
Costruzioni ipotetiche parentetiche usate come marcatori di cortesia in latino tardo
This paper looks at uses and pragmatic functions of five hypothetic clauses used parenthetically in Late Latin to soften the illocutionary force of potentially face-threatening acts such as orders and requests. Specifically, the data show that these politeness markers typically mitigate a very specific type of interactional move, i.e., meta-textual proposals with topic-management, turn-yielding, and discourseorganizational concerns. Moreover, the…
A pragmatic reversal
DiSCIS
This paper illustrates the crucial methodological bases for designing a corpus based on the Plautine comedies and offers some preliminary analyses and results. After a brief presentation of the tagset, I turn to the data and results of a preliminary analysis, clearly resting upon a corpus-based methodology. The case study presented here concerns the sociolinguistic distribution of Greek in the Plautine corpus. The corpus-based approach taken in t…
Experiential Constructions in Latin
This volume is about the morphosyntactic encoding of feelings and emotions in Latin. It offers a corpus-based investigation of the Latin data, benefiting from insights of the functional and typological approach to language. Chiara Fedriani describes a patterned variation in Latin Experiential constructions, also revisiting the so-called impersonal constructions, and shows how and why such a variation is at the root of diachronic change. The data …
Exploring a diachronic (re)cycle of roles
In this paper we explore the struggle between the use of the Dative case and the competing strategy featuring the preposition ad ‘to’ and the Accusative from Latin to Early Romance. Unlike the Dative, the prepositional strategy is semantically transparent, since ad ‘to’ has a clear allative meaning. We first consider the diachronic development of the roles involved in the Dative-marked complex within a chronological span ranging from Plautus to t…
The me pudet construction in the history of Latin
In this paper I investigate the diachronic development and downfall of the me ACC pudet 3SG ‘I am ashamed’ construction in Latin, with a view to exploring the factors that played a significant role in the process of constructional analogization that lead this impersonal pattern to be reinterpreted as personal and transitive over centuries. By comparing the kind of stimuli typically associated with the pudet- type verbs and their specific meaning,…
A pragmatic reversal
Functional expansions of temporal adverbs and discursive connectives
This paper examines the synchronic competition and diachronic substitution of three Latin temporal expressions: tum, tunc (‘at that time’, ‘then’), and later dumque (originally, ‘while-and’), and its Old Italian outcome dunque (‘then’). Besides providing a new path of development and a new etymology for Italian dunque , we describe in detail the steps by which these forms gradually replaced one another and examine the factors at play in their ren…
The me pudet construction in the history of Latin
In this paper I investigate the diachronic development and downfall of the me ACC pudet 3SG ‘I am ashamed’ construction in Latin, with a view to exploring the factors that played a significant role in the process of constructional analogization that lead this impersonal pattern to be reinterpreted as personal and transitive over centuries. By comparing the kind of stimuli typically associated with the pudet- type verbs and their specific meaning,…
Experiential Constructions in Latin
This volume is about the morphosyntactic encoding of feelings and emotions in Latin. It offers a corpus-based investigation of the Latin data, benefiting from insights of the functional and typological approach to language. Chiara Fedriani describes a patterned variation in Latin Experiential constructions, also revisiting the so-called impersonal constructions, and shows how and why such a variation is at the root of diachronic change. The data …
Exploring a diachronic (re)cycle of roles
In this paper we explore the struggle between the use of the Dative case and the competing strategy featuring the preposition ad ‘to’ and the Accusative from Latin to Early Romance. Unlike the Dative, the prepositional strategy is semantically transparent, since ad ‘to’ has a clear allative meaning. We first consider the diachronic development of the roles involved in the Dative-marked complex within a chronological span ranging from Plautus to t…
DiSCIS
This paper illustrates the crucial methodological bases for designing a corpus based on the Plautine comedies and offers some preliminary analyses and results. After a brief presentation of the tagset, I turn to the data and results of a preliminary analysis, clearly resting upon a corpus-based methodology. The case study presented here concerns the sociolinguistic distribution of Greek in the Plautine corpus. The corpus-based approach taken in t…
A pragmatic reversal
The politeness formula si placet in Late Latin
This paper analyzes uses, functions, and literary distribution of the negative politeness formula si placet ‘(lit.) if it pleases (you)’ in a corpus of Late Latin texts (third–sixth century CE). Drawing on both qualitative and quantitative observations, it is suggested that the pragmatic enrichment undergone by this conditional parenthetical clause is due to a conspiracy of factors, namely a process of semantic and pragmatic change fostered by a …
Functional expansions of temporal adverbs and discursive connectives
This paper examines the synchronic competition and diachronic substitution of three Latin temporal expressions: tum, tunc (‘at that time’, ‘then’), and later dumque (originally, ‘while-and’), and its Old Italian outcome dunque (‘then’). Besides providing a new path of development and a new etymology for Italian dunque , we describe in detail the steps by which these forms gradually replaced one another and examine the factors at play in their ren…
Costruzioni ipotetiche parentetiche usate come marcatori di cortesia in latino tardo
This paper looks at uses and pragmatic functions of five hypothetic clauses used parenthetically in Late Latin to soften the illocutionary force of potentially face-threatening acts such as orders and requests. Specifically, the data show that these politeness markers typically mitigate a very specific type of interactional move, i.e., meta-textual proposals with topic-management, turn-yielding, and discourseorganizational concerns. Moreover, the…
Conditional clauses as polite modifiers in Latin
This article investigates the Latin conditional clause si placet ‘if (it) pleases (you)’, also considering other functional equivalents such as, among others, si non piget ‘if (you) don’t mind’ and si tibi molestum/grave non est ‘if (it) doesn’t bother/annoy (you)’, which all function as polite modifiers of requests and proposals. It first provides a theoretical assessment of si placet and examines its pragmatic functions in the history of Latin.…
Semantic analysis and frequency effects of conceptual metaphors of emotions in Latin. From a corpus-based approach to a dictionary of Latin metaphors
This article presents the main results of a corpus-based analysis of the metaphorical expression of emotions in Latin and a new resource specifically designed to facilitate such large-scale study of conceptual metaphors, the Lexicon Translaticium Latinum . The first part of the paper provides quantitative and qualitative evidence about the types of metaphors used by Roman writers to express four basic emotions: fear, anger, love, and hate. Our re…
Managing turns, building common ground, planning discourse
This paper discusses the discursive and interpersonal functions conveyed by the Italian negative operator no(?) ‘no’, suggesting a possible pathway of functional enrichment that can account for its high degree of polyfunctionality. Drawing on the KIParla corpus of contemporary spoken Italian, we chart the values of no(?) as a discourse marker, which are all clearly connected to the incremental co-construction of discourse in interaction, either i…
The Missing Dative Alternation in Romance
This study explores the correlation between synchronic constructional variation shown by ditransitive verbs in Late Latin and (possible) diachronic developments, investigating the reasons why such developments did or did not occur throughout the history of this language. Starting from a comparison with the rise of the so‐called ‘dative alternation’ in English, which emerged from a scenario that, apparently, was similar to the one found in Late La…
Apologies in Greek and Latin Comedy
This study investigates the act of apologizing in Greek and Latin comedy, a speech act that, while relatively rare in classical texts, provides insight into notions of forgiveness in Antiquity. Despite apology and forgiveness not being central to the classical worldview, instances in Greek and Latin comedy demonstrate that some form of remedial action was taken after a wrongdoing. Employing a qualitative and quantitative contrastive socio-pragmat…
Linguistics (12 works) · Philosophy (12 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (6 works) · Art (5 works) · History (5 works) · Literature (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works)