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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 58
... native to Italy learn Latin more easily than the rest , so among native ' Cf. Devoto 1954 , 61 . speakers of Italian dialects those of Tuscan speech have the 58 TONGUES OF ITALY.
... native to Italy learn Latin more easily than the rest , so among native ' Cf. Devoto 1954 , 61 . speakers of Italian dialects those of Tuscan speech have the 58 TONGUES OF ITALY.
Pagina 227
... native soil could no longer support the increasing population , were periodically sent forth during springtime to search for new land and new homes . This testifies , it seems , to two things : the prolificness of the tribes , due ...
... native soil could no longer support the increasing population , were periodically sent forth during springtime to search for new land and new homes . This testifies , it seems , to two things : the prolificness of the tribes , due ...
Pagina 243
... native rite although they had accepted an Indo - European tongue . But if he implies , as I think that he does , that the Proto - Latini were an ethnic invading group , one of whose characteristics was inhumation , then he is wrong , I ...
... native rite although they had accepted an Indo - European tongue . But if he implies , as I think that he does , that the Proto - Latini were an ethnic invading group , one of whose characteristics was inhumation , then he is wrong , I ...
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