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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... ancient Iguuium ( now Gubbio ) in the province of Umbria , the earliest of which date probably from the third century B.C. , but all of which render most likely an older form of speech ( in the manner of ritual texts and ritual language ...
... ancient Iguuium ( now Gubbio ) in the province of Umbria , the earliest of which date probably from the third century B.C. , but all of which render most likely an older form of speech ( in the manner of ritual texts and ritual language ...
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... ancient authors tell us of the Etruscan origins of the Raeti 27 they are likely not to take account of this important geopolitical circum- stance ( as even some scholars of our days do not ) , and besides they do not really have a more ...
... ancient authors tell us of the Etruscan origins of the Raeti 27 they are likely not to take account of this important geopolitical circum- stance ( as even some scholars of our days do not ) , and besides they do not really have a more ...
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... ancient formulae populus Romanus Quiritium and populus Romanus Quiritesque are also an indication of the close synoikismus of Sabines and Romans , if Paulus ( ex Festus 47 ) is correct , as I believe he is , in equating quiritibus with ...
... ancient formulae populus Romanus Quiritium and populus Romanus Quiritesque are also an indication of the close synoikismus of Sabines and Romans , if Paulus ( ex Festus 47 ) is correct , as I believe he is , in equating quiritibus with ...
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