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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... scholarly temper of the times , the rise of the Tuscan language fell into a time of retrospection toward classical ... scholars and amateurs , even in our day . The basic problem was to decide in theory , first , whether Italian or ...
... scholarly temper of the times , the rise of the Tuscan language fell into a time of retrospection toward classical ... scholars and amateurs , even in our day . The basic problem was to decide in theory , first , whether Italian or ...
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... scholars concerning details as well as general trends in the pre- history of Europe . At the end of an outstanding ... scholar to whom the findings of pre- historians serve as corroborative testimony to dispel or lighten the doubts in ...
... scholars concerning details as well as general trends in the pre- history of Europe . At the end of an outstanding ... scholar to whom the findings of pre- historians serve as corroborative testimony to dispel or lighten the doubts in ...
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... scholars favor in their arguments . Those who set great store by the modes of burial and seek classifications accordingly believe that we are faced with an immigration from the north , either separate from the terramare invasion or a ...
... scholars favor in their arguments . Those who set great store by the modes of burial and seek classifications accordingly believe that we are faced with an immigration from the north , either separate from the terramare invasion or a ...
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