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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 225
... doubt : “ . . . the Umbro - Sabellian wave drove back these [ proto - Latin ] peo- ple . . . " , and " . . . the arrival of the Indo - European languages from the east no doubt pushed toward the western margins of Italy the older idioms ...
... doubt : “ . . . the Umbro - Sabellian wave drove back these [ proto - Latin ] peo- ple . . . " , and " . . . the arrival of the Indo - European languages from the east no doubt pushed toward the western margins of Italy the older idioms ...
Pagina 239
... doubt the knowledge of ironworking , particularly in its Villanovan form , was due to the influence of some foreigners who had penetrated into Italy . It was further brought out that there are discernible two prongs of Iron Age cultures ...
... doubt the knowledge of ironworking , particularly in its Villanovan form , was due to the influence of some foreigners who had penetrated into Italy . It was further brought out that there are discernible two prongs of Iron Age cultures ...
Pagina 409
... doubt due also the liveliness of the religious revival at that period , the success of the different sects , and the flourishing of the monastic movement , which , had Latin been its only linguistic vehicle , could not have attained ...
... doubt due also the liveliness of the religious revival at that period , the success of the different sects , and the flourishing of the monastic movement , which , had Latin been its only linguistic vehicle , could not have attained ...
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