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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... theory of linguistic propagation finds its best visual representation in Schmidt's wave theory . And it is certainly no accident that its publication and its friendly acceptance by linguists coincided with the rise of scientific ...
... theory of linguistic propagation finds its best visual representation in Schmidt's wave theory . And it is certainly no accident that its publication and its friendly acceptance by linguists coincided with the rise of scientific ...
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... theory requires them to have moved in large hordes , should have left some traces of their march . They did not , however , and no evidence of their passing can be found west and north of the Rome - Rimini boundary . The theory of two ...
... theory requires them to have moved in large hordes , should have left some traces of their march . They did not , however , and no evidence of their passing can be found west and north of the Rome - Rimini boundary . The theory of two ...
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... theory propounded by some , 21 that the agreements in many details among the historic Italic dialects and Latin are due not so much to ancient relationships as to a convergence caused by the lasting vicinity and the improving ...
... theory propounded by some , 21 that the agreements in many details among the historic Italic dialects and Latin are due not so much to ancient relationships as to a convergence caused by the lasting vicinity and the improving ...
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Adriatic Altheim ancient Apennines Apulia archaeological became Bronze Age called Campania century B.C. CHAPTER Charlemagne civilization Classical Latin colonies course cremation Dante Devoto dialects of Italy east emperor especially ethnic Etruria Etruscan Europe European evidence fact foreign Gaul Germanic Greek guage Hence idioms Illyrian important Indo Indo-European dialects Indo-European languages inhabitants inhumation inscriptions invaders invasion Iron Age Iron Age cultures Italian Italic Italici Keltic Krahe Kretschmer land Langobards later Latinian Latium least Ligurian linguistic linguistic history Mediterranean Messapic migration modern Moslems native neolithic northern origin Oscan Ostrogoths palaeolithic Pallottino Patroni peninsula period political pope population prehistoric Proto-Indo-European provinces race racial Raetic Randall-MacIver records region Roman Empire Romanic languages Rome scholars Sicily social southern Italy speak speakers of Indo-European speech spoken substratum term terramare Terramaricoli theory tion tribes Tuscan Umbrian Venetic Villanovan culture Visigoths Vulgar Latin Whatmough 1937 written