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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... persons who left Italy for other European countries . During that year , then , about 2,400 persons left Italy each day to seek a better life elsewhere . ( It must be noted here that in the same year also 190,000 repatriations occurred ...
... persons who left Italy for other European countries . During that year , then , about 2,400 persons left Italy each day to seek a better life elsewhere . ( It must be noted here that in the same year also 190,000 repatriations occurred ...
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... persons per square kilometer . Today there could be no economic desire on any invader's part to settle in this country , unless he planned to enslave completely or partly exterminate the native population . While the climate is as ...
... persons per square kilometer . Today there could be no economic desire on any invader's part to settle in this country , unless he planned to enslave completely or partly exterminate the native population . While the climate is as ...
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... persons who entered Italy introduced both metal and Indo - European speech at the same time . But I did not say that therefore metal and Indo - Europeanness were then and had previously been of necessity concomitant phenomena , least of ...
... persons who entered Italy introduced both metal and Indo - European speech at the same time . But I did not say that therefore metal and Indo - Europeanness were then and had previously been of necessity concomitant phenomena , least of ...
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