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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 79
... sense ( where Frenchmen speak of civilisation and Italians of civiltà ) , and not restrict it ( in the sense of German Kultur and French culture and Italian cultura or civilizzazione ) to only such physical or spiritual features of ...
... sense ( where Frenchmen speak of civilisation and Italians of civiltà ) , and not restrict it ( in the sense of German Kultur and French culture and Italian cultura or civilizzazione ) to only such physical or spiritual features of ...
Pagina 199
... sense . Also archaeologists and prehistorians , when speaking of Italic peoples , usually mean thereby the speakers of all these idioms . ( If they mean anything more , like ethnic homogeneity , they are of course wrong . ) Often ...
... sense . Also archaeologists and prehistorians , when speaking of Italic peoples , usually mean thereby the speakers of all these idioms . ( If they mean anything more , like ethnic homogeneity , they are of course wrong . ) Often ...
Pagina 254
... sense they were in some measure made aware of their relatedness by a common Latian religious festival of the luppiter Latiaris which , as I men- tioned , took place annually on the summit of the Alban Mount ( now Monte Cavo ) and in ...
... sense they were in some measure made aware of their relatedness by a common Latian religious festival of the luppiter Latiaris which , as I men- tioned , took place annually on the summit of the Alban Mount ( now Monte Cavo ) and in ...
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