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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... Latin , spoken first by a mere handful of peasants of Latium , came to conquer all of Italy and later the Romanic - speaking world , until finally Dante gave Italy its national tongue . I have written this book because I felt that the.
... Latin , spoken first by a mere handful of peasants of Latium , came to conquer all of Italy and later the Romanic - speaking world , until finally Dante gave Italy its national tongue . I have written this book because I felt that the.
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... gave a check to the rapacity of the rich , and was of assistance to the poor , who remained in their places on the land which they had rented and occupied the allotment which each had held from the outset . But later on , the ...
... gave a check to the rapacity of the rich , and was of assistance to the poor , who remained in their places on the land which they had rented and occupied the allotment which each had held from the outset . But later on , the ...
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... gave itself a government that could function efficiently in an emergency without time - consuming and most likely futile recourse to higher authority . When the burghers had attained this degree of emanci- pation they were , of course ...
... gave itself a government that could function efficiently in an emergency without time - consuming and most likely futile recourse to higher authority . When the burghers had attained this degree of emanci- pation they were , of course ...
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