Volume 124 (2012), Issue 1

This paper aims to outline the history of koinè, both as a concept and as a term. As far as the Italian language is concerned, the concept of koinè first occurs in the Renaissance as lingua com(m)une (a loan translation from Greek κοινη...

At the time Proust conceived A la recherche du temps perdu he simultaneously published a series of nine pastiches about topical issues in the press, a decision which might seem surprising considering it is contrary to his aesthetic. L'Histoire du...