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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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Pagina 141
... Latin , is known . I daresay the equation that Latin is to Romanic dialects what Proto - Indo - Euro- pean is to the Indo - European dialects , is not controversial . But of course , by citing Latin as the parent language of Romanic we ...
... Latin , is known . I daresay the equation that Latin is to Romanic dialects what Proto - Indo - Euro- pean is to the Indo - European dialects , is not controversial . But of course , by citing Latin as the parent language of Romanic we ...
Pagina 269
... Latin League in 338 and the concomitant rise of Rome's hegemony , the so - called Latin colonies became in reality purely Roman enterprises and sprang up not just for the protection of the Latin tribes but as outer bulwarks , in more ...
... Latin League in 338 and the concomitant rise of Rome's hegemony , the so - called Latin colonies became in reality purely Roman enterprises and sprang up not just for the protection of the Latin tribes but as outer bulwarks , in more ...
Pagina 312
... Latin but from Vulgar Latin . Quite apart from the questionable term ' descent , ' which is at best metaphorical ( I should rather say that the Romanic languages are modern Latin of one kind or another ) , the term Vulgar Latin in this ...
... Latin but from Vulgar Latin . Quite apart from the questionable term ' descent , ' which is at best metaphorical ( I should rather say that the Romanic languages are modern Latin of one kind or another ) , the term Vulgar Latin in this ...
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