Auteur(s) : R.F. NEWBOLD (Univ. of Adelaïde, Australie)
Titre : Nonverbal Communication and Parataxis in Late Antiquity
Revue : L’Antiquité Classique
Volume : 55
Date : 1986
Pages : 223-244

Abstract:
There appears to have been a movement towards paratactic modes of expression in late antiquity, and an increased sensitivity to nonverbal communication. This was partly a reaction to the verbal, logical bias of the hierarchical structures and thought-modes of the early empire. Art, architecture, metrical and linguistic change, ceremonial, coins, religious controversies and literary expression all provide evidence for a shift in cognitive style.