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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 78
... reason that racial unity can be used to prove linguistic unity , or vice versa , that like language denotes like race . Why this premise , rejected by most scholars , should enjoy an air of greater authenticity with reference to ...
... reason that racial unity can be used to prove linguistic unity , or vice versa , that like language denotes like race . Why this premise , rejected by most scholars , should enjoy an air of greater authenticity with reference to ...
Pagina 149
... reason or need to assume that the speak- ers of Proto - Indo - European belonged to a single race , but indeed none to believe that they were the bearers of a particular culture which in thir conquering marches they carried with them ...
... reason or need to assume that the speak- ers of Proto - Indo - European belonged to a single race , but indeed none to believe that they were the bearers of a particular culture which in thir conquering marches they carried with them ...
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... reason for my view is that language is a social and not a racial phenomenon , that it is no part of human biology , hence not subject to heredity , that it does not exhibit that alleged feature of heredity which is commonly referred to ...
... reason for my view is that language is a social and not a racial phenomenon , that it is no part of human biology , hence not subject to heredity , that it does not exhibit that alleged feature of heredity which is commonly referred to ...
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