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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... term people ; and so it is generally linked with culture . . . . " 40 ( I scarcely need to add once more here the amplification that sameness of culture , however , is not necessarily indicative of sameness of language . ) Elsewhere ...
... term people ; and so it is generally linked with culture . . . . " 40 ( I scarcely need to add once more here the amplification that sameness of culture , however , is not necessarily indicative of sameness of language . ) Elsewhere ...
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... term Italic generically in this 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 ...
... term Italic generically in this 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 ...
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... term- inological distinctions the starting point for ethnic and linguistic theories or hypotheses , writers confounded the issues instead of elucidating them . In the course of the previous chapters the prehistory and proto- history of ...
... term- inological distinctions the starting point for ethnic and linguistic theories or hypotheses , writers confounded the issues instead of elucidating them . In the course of the previous chapters the prehistory and proto- history of ...
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