Multilingualism and Communication in Sixth-Century Italy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21485560 |
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| Authors | Massimiliano Vitiello (University of Missouri–Kansas City, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 35-52 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ktèma civilisations de l Orient de la Grèce et de Rome antiques (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0221-5896 • E-ISSN: 2802-1401 |
| Publisher | PERSEE Program (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3406/ktema.2021.3033 |
| OpenAlex | W4287403361 |
| Language | EN |
The following article explores, from both the social and the cultural perspective, multilingualism and communication in sixth-century Italy. It considers the languages spoken by the barbarian elite and the Gothic kings, as well as the plurilingualism at the Ravenna palace, and the question of communication between Romans and Goths in the kingdom. While the extant evidence is sparse, close analysis of passages from various authors, including Cassiodorus and Procopius of Caesarea, together with inscriptions, provides a window into the modalities of communication in the multicultural society of Gothic Italy
Ancient history · Barbarian · Elite · Extant taxon · Linguistics · Multiculturalism · Multilingualism · Pedagogy · Political science · Ravenna · Sociology · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · History · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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