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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... important thoroughfare connect- ing Munich , Innsbruck with Verona , Bologna , that is , western and northern Europe ... important ancient geographic documents in our possession . Cf. Miller 1916 . To the east of the Brenner , the ...
... important thoroughfare connect- ing Munich , Innsbruck with Verona , Bologna , that is , western and northern Europe ... important ancient geographic documents in our possession . Cf. Miller 1916 . To the east of the Brenner , the ...
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... important fact that should be borne in mind . The entire area is situated close by the Tiber , the most important river of peninsular Italy , at a spot where an island divides the broad stream . Since the depth of the stream so near its ...
... important fact that should be borne in mind . The entire area is situated close by the Tiber , the most important river of peninsular Italy , at a spot where an island divides the broad stream . Since the depth of the stream so near its ...
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... important roads . This fortunate situation even made up for the handicap of considerable distance from the sea and the lack of a good harbor . ( In fact , to this day , despite the valiant efforts of the emperors Claudius and Trajan ...
... important roads . This fortunate situation even made up for the handicap of considerable distance from the sea and the lack of a good harbor . ( In fact , to this day , despite the valiant efforts of the emperors Claudius and Trajan ...
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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 Normans northern origin Oscan Ostrogoths palaeolithic Pallottino Patroni peninsula period political pope population prehistoric Proto-Indo-European provinces race racial Raetic Randall-MacIver 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