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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 127
... fact that all three are members of the same cultural group and speak the same language at a given moment , say , in 700 B.C. , is no conclusive proof , as has been repeatedly said , of their common ethnic extraction , nor is it indeed ...
... fact that all three are members of the same cultural group and speak the same language at a given moment , say , in 700 B.C. , is no conclusive proof , as has been repeatedly said , of their common ethnic extraction , nor is it indeed ...
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... fact , to this day , despite the valiant efforts of the emperors Claudius and Trajan , Rome does not have a port . Just as modern liners anchor at Naples , so ancient shipping sought shelter in the nearby bay of Puteoli , modern ...
... fact , to this day , despite the valiant efforts of the emperors Claudius and Trajan , Rome does not have a port . Just as modern liners anchor at Naples , so ancient shipping sought shelter in the nearby bay of Puteoli , modern ...
Pagina 281
... fact not be due to the greater resistance of native speech in the first as compared with the second , but only to a later acceptance of the usage of the emerging codes and rules for written Latin . From this difference , then , we may ...
... fact not be due to the greater resistance of native speech in the first as compared with the second , but only to a later acceptance of the usage of the emerging codes and rules for written Latin . From this difference , then , we may ...
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