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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... common tradi- tions , common institutions , and a common way of life . Such a group may reasonably be called a people . Language goes not • with race but with the group we term people ; and so it is generally linked with culture ...
... common tradi- tions , common institutions , and a common way of life . Such a group may reasonably be called a people . Language goes not • with race but with the group we term people ; and so it is generally linked with culture ...
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... common ethnic extraction , nor is it indeed an indication that their personal ancestries should be derived from the same geographic location , and that their ultimate common dwelling place should be recognized as the final goal reached ...
... common ethnic extraction , nor is it indeed an indication that their personal ancestries should be derived from the same geographic location , and that their ultimate common dwelling place should be recognized as the final goal reached ...
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... common stock of words . All these features were accompanied originally by meanings , also held in common , and all were subject to constant change by loss , addition , or other modification , so that even at the beginning of the ...
... common stock of words . All these features were accompanied originally by meanings , also held in common , and all were subject to constant change by loss , addition , or other modification , so that even at the beginning of the ...
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