The Tongues of Italy: Prehistory and HistoryHarvard University Press, 1958 - 465 pagine Through the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them. But the result is always a mixture. The linguistic evolution of Italy parallels this development, and presented as part of the cultural history it beomes a colorful and exciting tale.--dust jacket. |
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... European form . The fact that this Proto - Indo - European item is not recorded is customarily indicated in print by means of the asterisk in front of it . No claim is or should be made that the Proto - Indo - European forms ever ...
... European form . The fact that this Proto - Indo - European item is not recorded is customarily indicated in print by means of the asterisk in front of it . No claim is or should be made that the Proto - Indo - European forms ever ...
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... European features in the language , together with certain Indo - European and ' Aryan ' propensities in a number of writers , have caused some to make Etruscan a ... European into southern Europe , resulting in a Pre - 192 TONGUES OF ITALY.
... European features in the language , together with certain Indo - European and ' Aryan ' propensities in a number of writers , have caused some to make Etruscan a ... European into southern Europe , resulting in a Pre - 192 TONGUES OF ITALY.
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... European stratum and the Indo - European Ligurian stratum , both very poorly at- tested only by glosses and names and not by inscriptions , we should ask ourselves , and answer , if possible , four fundamental questions.10 ( 1 ) What ...
... European stratum and the Indo - European Ligurian stratum , both very poorly at- tested only by glosses and names and not by inscriptions , we should ask ourselves , and answer , if possible , four fundamental questions.10 ( 1 ) What ...
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