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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... literary language could grow . And it also had its forceful and for- tunate language reformers and guardians , like Gottsched ( 1700- 1766 ) and Klopstock ( 1724-1803 ) , who , unlike their overly gar- rulous and ineffective Italian ...
... literary language could grow . And it also had its forceful and for- tunate language reformers and guardians , like Gottsched ( 1700- 1766 ) and Klopstock ( 1724-1803 ) , who , unlike their overly gar- rulous and ineffective Italian ...
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... literary works which furnish us an important amount of information on phonology . Deviations from spelling in professional authors who ' know better ' are no doubt trustworthy guides to pronunciation , whether we can follow them or not ...
... literary works which furnish us an important amount of information on phonology . Deviations from spelling in professional authors who ' know better ' are no doubt trustworthy guides to pronunciation , whether we can follow them or not ...
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... literary and linguistic groundwork . The cul- mination of their endeavors was to be reached in the third period ... literary language of Rome , in the best Classical Latin . After Tacitus and Juvenal , good Latin literature terminates ...
... literary and linguistic groundwork . The cul- mination of their endeavors was to be reached in the third period ... literary language of Rome , in the best Classical Latin . After Tacitus and Juvenal , good Latin literature terminates ...
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