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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... frontier of Italy . " " 94 The other great mountain chain of Italy , the Apennines , does not constitute a natural boundary line but runs the whole length of the Italian boot , from the straps to the tip of the toe . Although the whole ...
... frontier of Italy . " " 94 The other great mountain chain of Italy , the Apennines , does not constitute a natural boundary line but runs the whole length of the Italian boot , from the straps to the tip of the toe . Although the whole ...
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... frontier , separating northern from central and southern Italian dia- lects , indeed the so - called Western from the Eastern Romanic languages . Here the Apennines begin the long curve which deflects their main course from a west ...
... frontier , separating northern from central and southern Italian dia- lects , indeed the so - called Western from the Eastern Romanic languages . Here the Apennines begin the long curve which deflects their main course from a west ...
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... frontier dialect in which Keltic , Germanic , and Illyrian elements meet , " though this judgment may have to be modified as , and if , documents from north of the Brenner Pass come to light.34 Advocated among others by Battisti ...
... frontier dialect in which Keltic , Germanic , and Illyrian elements meet , " though this judgment may have to be modified as , and if , documents from north of the Brenner Pass come to light.34 Advocated among others by Battisti ...
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