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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... course of centuries , of the same language , that is , Indo - European ( it may be called Proto- Italic if that is convenient although ' same ' here must be taken in a historical and not synchronic sense and does not exclude dialectal ...
... course of centuries , of the same language , that is , Indo - European ( it may be called Proto- Italic if that is convenient although ' same ' here must be taken in a historical and not synchronic sense and does not exclude dialectal ...
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... course of the Tiber was therefore naturally funneled toward the island crossing . It may also be assumed that , because of different conditions of the water- shed and the heavier forestation along the length of the Tiber and its ...
... course of the Tiber was therefore naturally funneled toward the island crossing . It may also be assumed that , because of different conditions of the water- shed and the heavier forestation along the length of the Tiber and its ...
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... course we do not possess Faliscan evidence of sufficient antiquity to teach us anything about the oldest form of the dialect . But the extant re- mains show clearly at least that Faliscan was a Latinian dialect , 13 though this does of ...
... course we do not possess Faliscan evidence of sufficient antiquity to teach us anything about the oldest form of the dialect . But the extant re- mains show clearly at least that Faliscan was a Latinian dialect , 13 though this does of ...
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