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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... means . Anthropologists know that nonlinguis- tic cultural traits are more easily borrowed and transferred than linguistic ones.31 " More easily " means that the sum total of energy spent in the process needs to be greater for the ...
... means . Anthropologists know that nonlinguis- tic cultural traits are more easily borrowed and transferred than linguistic ones.31 " More easily " means that the sum total of energy spent in the process needs to be greater for the ...
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... means excluded ; quite the contrary . But any question concerning the race of the propagators of metal in Europe is senseless since the indi- viduals involved , not numerous in any event , came from different areas at different periods ...
... means excluded ; quite the contrary . But any question concerning the race of the propagators of metal in Europe is senseless since the indi- viduals involved , not numerous in any event , came from different areas at different periods ...
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... means of the asterisk in front of it . No claim is or should be made that the Proto - Indo - European forms ever existed or were pronounced as they are written by us . ( In fact many of our formulae are , and quite legitimately , unpro ...
... means of the asterisk in front of it . No claim is or should be made that the Proto - Indo - European forms ever existed or were pronounced as they are written by us . ( In fact many of our formulae are , and quite legitimately , unpro ...
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