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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 161
... ancient authors , * the Aborigines and the Oenotrians , have been used by old and , alas , modern writers with so many meanings that it is as hopeless as it would be useless to try to unravel the skein of confusion . The Aborigines ...
... ancient authors , * the Aborigines and the Oenotrians , have been used by old and , alas , modern writers with so many meanings that it is as hopeless as it would be useless to try to unravel the skein of confusion . The Aborigines ...
Pagina 171
... ancient Iguuium ( now Gubbio ) in the province of Umbria , the earliest of which date probably from the third century B.C. , but all of which render most likely an older form of speech ( in the manner of ritual texts and ritual language ...
... ancient Iguuium ( now Gubbio ) in the province of Umbria , the earliest of which date probably from the third century B.C. , but all of which render most likely an older form of speech ( in the manner of ritual texts and ritual language ...
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... ancient Rome the premium set upon linguistic conformity was lesser than it is today in the United States , for example . In large part this differ- ence is due to the fact that assimilation and absorption of the foreign element is a ...
... ancient Rome the premium set upon linguistic conformity was lesser than it is today in the United States , for example . In large part this differ- ence is due to the fact that assimilation and absorption of the foreign element is a ...
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