Michela PICCIN （IHAC, NENU, Changchun）MORTALITY AND FAME IN AKKADIAN TEXTS （pp. 1–25）Not all topics can be treated in the same way. Some are too intimate or thorny to be discussed without precautions in our use o...Michela PICCIN （IHAC, NENU, Changchun）MORTALITY AND FAME IN AKKADIAN TEXTS （pp. 1–25）Not all topics can be treated in the same way. Some are too intimate or thorny to be discussed without precautions in our use of language. One of these topics is undoubtedly death, a timeless and placeless taboo in which psychological, religious, and social interdictions are embodied. The aim of this paper is to explore the linguistic devices that Akkadian speakers used to tone down the taboo and cope with death. To address the issue, written sources, belonging to diferent genres and time periods, are examined.展开更多
文摘Michela PICCIN （IHAC, NENU, Changchun）MORTALITY AND FAME IN AKKADIAN TEXTS （pp. 1–25）Not all topics can be treated in the same way. Some are too intimate or thorny to be discussed without precautions in our use of language. One of these topics is undoubtedly death, a timeless and placeless taboo in which psychological, religious, and social interdictions are embodied. The aim of this paper is to explore the linguistic devices that Akkadian speakers used to tone down the taboo and cope with death. To address the issue, written sources, belonging to diferent genres and time periods, are examined.
