Professor ALEX MULLEN's Outputs (14)

Multilingualism, Language Management, and First Encounters in the Roman and American Colonial Experience (2024)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. (2024). Multilingualism, Language Management, and First Encounters in the Roman and American Colonial Experience. In M. Mass, & F. A. Yarnborough (Eds.), Empires and Indigenous Peoples: Comparing Ancient Roman and North American Experiences. University of Oklahoma Press

Languages and Literacies in Roman Britain (2024)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. (2024). Languages and Literacies in Roman Britain. In A. Mullen, & A. Willi (Eds.), Latinization, Local Languages and Literacies in the Roman West (355-401). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/9780191994760.003.0010

This chapter describes the languages, literacies, and identities across the variegated landscapes and communities of Britannia, using evidence and perspectives from multiple disciplines—primarily archaeological, historical, (socio)linguistic, and epi... Read More about Languages and Literacies in Roman Britain.

The Languages and Epigraphies of Iron Age and Roman Gaul (2024)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. (2024). The Languages and Epigraphies of Iron Age and Roman Gaul. In A. Mullen, & A. Willi (Eds.), Latinization, Local Languages and Literacies in the Roman West (151-204). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/9780191994760.003.0005

To grasp the complexity of the languages and epigraphies of Gaul, this chapter takes an interdisciplinary and wide chronological perspective. The earliest epigraphic texts (sixth to second centuries bce) are in Greek, Iberian, Etruscan, and, later, L... Read More about The Languages and Epigraphies of Iron Age and Roman Gaul.

Exploring Life and Languages in the Roman Western Provinces: Methods, Materials, and Mindsets (2024)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. (2024). Exploring Life and Languages in the Roman Western Provinces: Methods, Materials, and Mindsets. In A. Mullen, & A. Willi (Eds.), Latinization, Local Languages and Literacies in the Roman West (1-42). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/9780191994760.003.0001

Language and History in the Late-Roman and Post-Imperial West (2023)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A., & Woudhuysen, G. (2023). Language and History in the Late-Roman and Post-Imperial West. In A. Mullen, & G. Woudhuysen (Eds.), Languages and Communities in the Late-Roman and Post-Imperial Western Provinces. Oxford University Press (OUP)

Social dimensions of Latinization (2023)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. (2023). Social dimensions of Latinization. In A. Mullen (Ed.), Social factors in the Latinization of the Roman West. Oxford University Press (OUP)

Language shift, attitudes and management in the Roman West (2023)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. (2023). Language shift, attitudes and management in the Roman West. In A. Pavlenko (Ed.), Multilingualism and History. Cambridge University Press

Transformations de la Gaule sous l’Empire romain : une culture de l’écrit au service de la production de masse (2023)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. (2023). Transformations de la Gaule sous l’Empire romain : une culture de l’écrit au service de la production de masse. In M. Coltelloni-Trannoy, & N. Moncunill Marti (Eds.), La culture de l'écrit en Méditerranée occidentale à travers les pratiques épigraphiques (Gaule, Ibérie, Afrique du Nord). Peeters

The rise of Rome brought with it the creation and spread of a culture of writing across Gaul. Another major transformation of the Roman period was the advent of mass production. These two developments coincided in the large potteries to produce local... Read More about Transformations de la Gaule sous l’Empire romain : une culture de l’écrit au service de la production de masse.

Materializing epigraphy: archaeological and sociolinguistic approaches to Roman inscribed spindle whorls (2022)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. (2022). Materializing epigraphy: archaeological and sociolinguistic approaches to Roman inscribed spindle whorls. In E. H. Cousins (Ed.), Dynamic Epigraphy: New Approaches to Inscriptions. Oxbow

'Socio-literacy': an interdisciplinary approach to understanding literacy in the Roman North-West (2021)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. (2021). 'Socio-literacy': an interdisciplinary approach to understanding literacy in the Roman North-West. In Aprender la escritura, olvidar la escritura: nuevas perspectivas sobre la historia de la escritura en el Occidente romano (357-380). Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

Literary Translingualism in the Greek and Roman Worlds (2021)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A., & Bozia, E. (2021). Literary Translingualism in the Greek and Roman Worlds. In S. G. Kellman, & N. Lvovich (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Literary Translingualism. Routledge

Sociolinguistics (part of Research and interpretation of Hadrian’s Wall 2009-2019) (2019)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. (2019). Sociolinguistics (part of Research and interpretation of Hadrian’s Wall 2009-2019). In Hadrian's Wall 2009-2019 : A Summary of Excavation and Research prepared for The Fourteenth Pilgrimage of Hadrian’s Wall, 20-28 July 2019 (102-105). Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society and the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne

Cultural and linguistic contact in southern Gaul (2019)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A., & Ruiz Darasse, C. (2019). Cultural and linguistic contact in southern Gaul. In Palaeohispanic Languages and Epigraphies (198-218). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198790822.001.0001

Sociolinguistics (2014)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. (2016). Sociolinguistics. In M. Millett, L. Revell, & A. Moore (Eds.), Oxford handbook of Roman Britain. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199697731.013.032

This chapter begins by considering the motivations for undertaking sociolinguistic studies and discusses the range and quality of evidence that can be marshalled for early Britain. The pre-Roman linguistic situation and the advent and spread of Latin... Read More about Sociolinguistics.