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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 164
... inscriptions of the northern group , from Novilara , Fano , Pesaro , " are as distinct in language as they certainly are in alphabet from the Southern ' East Italic ' or so - called ' Old Sabellic ' inscriptions . " 14 Apparently they ...
... inscriptions of the northern group , from Novilara , Fano , Pesaro , " are as distinct in language as they certainly are in alphabet from the Southern ' East Italic ' or so - called ' Old Sabellic ' inscriptions . " 14 Apparently they ...
Pagina 167
... inscription was recognized as Italic , of a kind more closely related to the Latin - Faliscan than to the Osco - Umbrian type.29 Now , it was argued , since the Val Camonica inscriptions ( all of a date much after 500 B.C. ) are of the ...
... inscription was recognized as Italic , of a kind more closely related to the Latin - Faliscan than to the Osco - Umbrian type.29 Now , it was argued , since the Val Camonica inscriptions ( all of a date much after 500 B.C. ) are of the ...
Pagina 342
... inscriptions brought to light so far . This is probably not due to almost total illiteracy ( at least after a rather early date ) , but rather , in contrast to the Keltic situation , to the small area occupied by speakers of ancient ...
... inscriptions brought to light so far . This is probably not due to almost total illiteracy ( at least after a rather early date ) , but rather , in contrast to the Keltic situation , to the small area occupied by speakers of ancient ...
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