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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 91
... neolithic cultures ( note that we have now en- tered upon a period which is already historical in Egypt and ... neolithic implements and utensils uncovered in Europe were no doubt of Near Eastern provenance or were at least imitations of ...
... neolithic cultures ( note that we have now en- tered upon a period which is already historical in Egypt and ... neolithic implements and utensils uncovered in Europe were no doubt of Near Eastern provenance or were at least imitations of ...
Pagina 95
... neolithic barbarian must civilize himself . Recognizing withal his basic im- potence vis - à - vis the uncontrollable powers of nature which may inflict unforeseeable and irrevocable disaster despite all human ef- forts , man ...
... neolithic barbarian must civilize himself . Recognizing withal his basic im- potence vis - à - vis the uncontrollable powers of nature which may inflict unforeseeable and irrevocable disaster despite all human ef- forts , man ...
Pagina 104
... neolithic as well as mod- ern times are in no greater degree ' Mediterraneans ' than the people of England are ' Anglo - Saxons . ' 15 All in all there are sufficient grounds for the hypothesis of a neolithic revolution , in Italy ...
... neolithic as well as mod- ern times are in no greater degree ' Mediterraneans ' than the people of England are ' Anglo - Saxons . ' 15 All in all there are sufficient grounds for the hypothesis of a neolithic revolution , in Italy ...
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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