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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.
R. F. Newbold (Wed,) studied this question.