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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... regions of Italy whose names will occur many times in the following pages . Beginning in the northwest , Piedmont lies , as its name implies , at the foot of the mountains . Descending from the highest peaks of the Alps , one ...
... regions of Italy whose names will occur many times in the following pages . Beginning in the northwest , Piedmont lies , as its name implies , at the foot of the mountains . Descending from the highest peaks of the Alps , one ...
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... regions , and reaches in a northern thrust the shores of the Baltic Sea not long before 2000 B.C.10 These highroads from the East to Europe should be kept in mind for later references . By the year 2000 B.C. at the latest , then , all ...
... regions , and reaches in a northern thrust the shores of the Baltic Sea not long before 2000 B.C.10 These highroads from the East to Europe should be kept in mind for later references . By the year 2000 B.C. at the latest , then , all ...
Pagina 140
... regions , and not of necessity simul- taneously , then the speech of at least one such region and of one breed of man would have to correspond to primeval Proto - Indo- European . Obviously in linguistics , when we speak of Proto - Indo ...
... regions , and not of necessity simul- taneously , then the speech of at least one such region and of one breed of man would have to correspond to primeval Proto - Indo- European . Obviously in linguistics , when we speak of Proto - Indo ...
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