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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 276
... foreign expressions and borrowing which they had either acquired in military service or inherited from foreign - born parents if they were freedmen , as many were . Moreover , with the pro- gressively increasing masses of non - Latin ...
... foreign expressions and borrowing which they had either acquired in military service or inherited from foreign - born parents if they were freedmen , as many were . Moreover , with the pro- gressively increasing masses of non - Latin ...
Pagina 331
... foreign element is a declared policy and governmental philosophy in the United States , which was not at all true of ... foreign influ- ence upon Latin was capable of being , and was in fact , potent and successful . This linguistic ...
... foreign element is a declared policy and governmental philosophy in the United States , which was not at all true of ... foreign influ- ence upon Latin was capable of being , and was in fact , potent and successful . This linguistic ...
Pagina 333
... foreign cultural borrowing if we but possessed the perquisite records . If we had anywhere near the evidence for Latin that modern scholars have gathered from currently spoken idioms on bor- rowing and bilingualism , we should surely ...
... foreign cultural borrowing if we but possessed the perquisite records . If we had anywhere near the evidence for Latin that modern scholars have gathered from currently spoken idioms on bor- rowing and bilingualism , we should surely ...
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