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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... classical languages of successive eras . The steps on the sketch indi- cate these succeeding classical languages , whereas the straight slop- ing line represents the continuous change of the spoken idiom throughout the history of ...
... classical languages of successive eras . The steps on the sketch indi- cate these succeeding classical languages , whereas the straight slop- ing line represents the continuous change of the spoken idiom throughout the history of ...
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... classical era of that language . In the same horizontal di- 11 Republic Empire Barbarian invasions B.C. 300 200 100 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 A.D. + + OLD LATIN Classical Post - classical SPOKEN LATIN WRITTEN LATIN ...
... classical era of that language . In the same horizontal di- 11 Republic Empire Barbarian invasions B.C. 300 200 100 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 A.D. + + OLD LATIN Classical Post - classical SPOKEN LATIN WRITTEN LATIN ...
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... classical period of Latin down to the ninth century , it should be made clear , as it generally is not , that this is mostly a written ' Vulgar Latin , ' that it largely attempts to continue the tradition of Classical Latin , no matter ...
... classical period of Latin down to the ninth century , it should be made clear , as it generally is not , that this is mostly a written ' Vulgar Latin , ' that it largely attempts to continue the tradition of Classical Latin , no matter ...
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