concepts and questions about the nature of language. These respective fields do intersect and int... more concepts and questions about the nature of language. These respective fields do intersect and interact with one another; however, due to specialization of scholars, there is little communication between fields and even less between academic theorists and actual language teachers, which hinders practical application of research. Second Language Acquisition Theory (SLA) is a subfield of Applied Linguistics, a theoretical discipline which seeks to answer questions about how language interacts with reallife. Rod Ellis jokingly calls Second Language Acquisition a “parasitic discipline,” meaning that it uses concepts and methodologies taken from a variety of social and scientific fields in order to investigate L2 acquisition. SLA theorists especially draw from cognitive sociology, 1 anthropology, and neuropsychology (in addition to the foundational field of linguistics) in order to compose their theories. Although SLA formally began as a social science in the late 1960s and Ellis, Underst...
The Roman military established a distinct army culture which not only gave soldiers citizenship b... more The Roman military established a distinct army culture which not only gave soldiers citizenship but also an identity built on the idea of soldiers as agents of the Empire. By placing provincial soldiers into a strictly " Roman " environment, the military imbued the soldiers with a new collective identity through the institution of language. The structure of the army created soldiers and veterans who defined themselves as uniquely " Roman " — separate from the population of the provinces in every aspect of life including tradition, allegiance, and even nomenclature. Pannonia is a particularly interesting example of this phenomenon because it was so separated from Rome's actual culture, leisure, and politics. This allows an examination of a 1 culture, previously unaltered by Roman bias, changed primarily through the influence of the military presence in the area. Ultimately, the army in Pannonia took in recruits from the 2 provinces and used organized Latin to transform the identities of the soldiers into a manufactured Cuff, David Benjamin. The Auxilia in Roman Britain and the Two Germanies from Augustus to Caracalla: Family, 1 Religion and 'Romanization.' Doctoral thesis, 2010. Cuff discusses Haverfield's conclusion that it was easier for Rome to influence the areas that were " not yet civilized " than the areas that already had an established culture (27). Pannonia is essentially a blank slate. Pannonia was such a tribal province that its population was easily influenced by the imposition of a grand culture. Pannonia as a province easily assimilated to the civilization that the Romans presented to them. However, areas like Greece and other eastern cultures already had established histories and collective identities that bound them together and separated them from the Empire. While they may have been under imperial rule, they certainly did not identify with Rome and its culture like those of Pannonia did. This paper will not use the term " Romanization " due to the indefinable nature of the concept and the likely 2 misguided assumption that this was a conscious goal of the Empire to force the provincial population to become " Roman. " " Romanization " seems to be an easy umbrella term that is used to encompass a myriad of factors in the Empire and the provinces; when using this term, scholars (such as Misic) are often caught up in defining the term rather than arguing their actual point. Therefore, I will avoid this terminology and instead maintain focus on the influence and impact of Roman army culture on the soldiers and the surrounding communities.
concepts and questions about the nature of language. These respective fields do intersect and int... more concepts and questions about the nature of language. These respective fields do intersect and interact with one another; however, due to specialization of scholars, there is little communication between fields and even less between academic theorists and actual language teachers, which hinders practical application of research. Second Language Acquisition Theory (SLA) is a subfield of Applied Linguistics, a theoretical discipline which seeks to answer questions about how language interacts with reallife. Rod Ellis jokingly calls Second Language Acquisition a “parasitic discipline,” meaning that it uses concepts and methodologies taken from a variety of social and scientific fields in order to investigate L2 acquisition. SLA theorists especially draw from cognitive sociology, 1 anthropology, and neuropsychology (in addition to the foundational field of linguistics) in order to compose their theories. Although SLA formally began as a social science in the late 1960s and Ellis, Underst...
The Roman military established a distinct army culture which not only gave soldiers citizenship b... more The Roman military established a distinct army culture which not only gave soldiers citizenship but also an identity built on the idea of soldiers as agents of the Empire. By placing provincial soldiers into a strictly " Roman " environment, the military imbued the soldiers with a new collective identity through the institution of language. The structure of the army created soldiers and veterans who defined themselves as uniquely " Roman " — separate from the population of the provinces in every aspect of life including tradition, allegiance, and even nomenclature. Pannonia is a particularly interesting example of this phenomenon because it was so separated from Rome's actual culture, leisure, and politics. This allows an examination of a 1 culture, previously unaltered by Roman bias, changed primarily through the influence of the military presence in the area. Ultimately, the army in Pannonia took in recruits from the 2 provinces and used organized Latin to transform the identities of the soldiers into a manufactured Cuff, David Benjamin. The Auxilia in Roman Britain and the Two Germanies from Augustus to Caracalla: Family, 1 Religion and 'Romanization.' Doctoral thesis, 2010. Cuff discusses Haverfield's conclusion that it was easier for Rome to influence the areas that were " not yet civilized " than the areas that already had an established culture (27). Pannonia is essentially a blank slate. Pannonia was such a tribal province that its population was easily influenced by the imposition of a grand culture. Pannonia as a province easily assimilated to the civilization that the Romans presented to them. However, areas like Greece and other eastern cultures already had established histories and collective identities that bound them together and separated them from the Empire. While they may have been under imperial rule, they certainly did not identify with Rome and its culture like those of Pannonia did. This paper will not use the term " Romanization " due to the indefinable nature of the concept and the likely 2 misguided assumption that this was a conscious goal of the Empire to force the provincial population to become " Roman. " " Romanization " seems to be an easy umbrella term that is used to encompass a myriad of factors in the Empire and the provinces; when using this term, scholars (such as Misic) are often caught up in defining the term rather than arguing their actual point. Therefore, I will avoid this terminology and instead maintain focus on the influence and impact of Roman army culture on the soldiers and the surrounding communities.
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