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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... result in more varied and intricate , more easily produced and more serv- iceable shapes , and that in a liquid state it can be alloyed with an- other metal , tin , so that the result is a harder and more useful sub- stance . The Bronze ...
... result in more varied and intricate , more easily produced and more serv- iceable shapes , and that in a liquid state it can be alloyed with an- other metal , tin , so that the result is a harder and more useful sub- stance . The Bronze ...
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... resulting Etruscans to be autochthonous and while it might even account for the Mediterranean type of language which ... result is Etruscan ; it merely denies it . It has been said that the orientalizing features were " borrowed " ( from ...
... resulting Etruscans to be autochthonous and while it might even account for the Mediterranean type of language which ... result is Etruscan ; it merely denies it . It has been said that the orientalizing features were " borrowed " ( from ...
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... result of the diffusion of Latin in Italy . Remnants and fossils that have lasted more than two thousand years are themselves results and not yardsticks on which any computing of progress can be performed . I now must make the ...
... result of the diffusion of Latin in Italy . Remnants and fossils that have lasted more than two thousand years are themselves results and not yardsticks on which any computing of progress can be performed . I now must make the ...
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