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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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. |
Dall'interno del libro
Risultati 1-3 di 55
Pagina 7
... less accessible and steeper front toward Italy , whereas the ascent to its heights and passes from Central Europe is generally milder and less wearisome , though of course longer . For example , the river Po descends five thousand feet ...
... less accessible and steeper front toward Italy , whereas the ascent to its heights and passes from Central Europe is generally milder and less wearisome , though of course longer . For example , the river Po descends five thousand feet ...
Pagina 80
... less numerous and less dynamic predecessors . For this type of cultural spread I shall use the term of expansion by migration . Therefore , organic evolution of culture is not neces- sarily proof for purely local development with total ...
... less numerous and less dynamic predecessors . For this type of cultural spread I shall use the term of expansion by migration . Therefore , organic evolution of culture is not neces- sarily proof for purely local development with total ...
Pagina 354
... less heartfelt and worth less to them than they are to us . The best and most efficient teachers were the unpaid ones , " Marrou 1948 , 359–368 . 12 Marrou 1948 , 369–379 . 13 Marrou 1948 , 380–389 . those who belonged to a household as ...
... less heartfelt and worth less to them than they are to us . The best and most efficient teachers were the unpaid ones , " Marrou 1948 , 359–368 . 12 Marrou 1948 , 369–379 . 13 Marrou 1948 , 380–389 . those who belonged to a household as ...
Altre edizioni - Visualizza tutto
Parole e frasi comuni
according ancient appearance became become beginning called century CHAPTER civilization classes Classical common concerning continued course cultural dialects early east emperor Empire especially ethnic Etruscan Europe European eventually evidence example existence fact foreign Germanic Greek hand Hence human Illyrian important Indo-European influence inhabitants inscriptions invaders Iron Age Italian Italic Italy land Langobards language later Latin Latium learned least less Ligurian linguistic matter means Mediterranean migration native neolithic northern once origin perhaps period persons Plautus political pope population possibly prehistoric Proto-Indo-European question race racial reason records region remained Roman Rome scholars seems Senate sense Sicily social southern speak speakers speech spoken spread term theory tion tribes true Umbrian United various Villanovan Whatmough whole writing written