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The article focuses on language policy of the Habsburg Monarchy, its application in life everyday life of the various provinces and all its sociolinguistic implications enjoy of growing interest from linguists and historians. It mentions study of historical sociolinguistics gave innovative impulses to the study of multilingualism of the old monarchy. It also mentions use of languages in the various communication fields such as school, army, local administration, conflict and transfer.

The author reflects on concept of the transcultural contact zones for the description of overseas colonial rooms led by Mary Louise Pratt. It mentions contact zones with social spaces where cultures meet, clash, and grapple with each other, often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power, such as colonialism, and slavery. It also mentions Habsburg monarchy all the advantage of the concept of contact zones stressed.

The article retraces the history of Italian language instruction in Vienna, Austria, from the late 18th century until the second half of the 19th century. It relates the study and teaching of Italian in the capital of the Austrian empire to the empire's language policies, which were designed to foster greater inclusion in the multinational and multiethnic realm. It also mentions several disseminators of Italian language and literature, including Domenico Antonio Filippi, Giovanni Battista Bolza, and Andrea Giuseppe Fornasari Verce.