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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 192
... Etruscan a wholly Indo - European dialect.46 47 In recognition of the obvious strangeness of Etruscan with reference to Indo - European , but withal unwilling to accept an Anatolian , non - Indo - European theory , some hypotheses ...
... Etruscan a wholly Indo - European dialect.46 47 In recognition of the obvious strangeness of Etruscan with reference to Indo - European , but withal unwilling to accept an Anatolian , non - Indo - European theory , some hypotheses ...
Pagina 195
... Etruscan changed less than other languages over a comparable period of time , for which belief , however , it will ... Etruscan.62 Regardless of whether it was writ- ten by the actual forebears of the Italian Etruscans , or by the Tyr ...
... Etruscan changed less than other languages over a comparable period of time , for which belief , however , it will ... Etruscan.62 Regardless of whether it was writ- ten by the actual forebears of the Italian Etruscans , or by the Tyr ...
Pagina 256
... Etruscan ruler . But there is also linguistic support for this theory . The name of the city , though difficult to explain , seems best derived from some Etruscan word . Several choices have been proposed , for example , rumon ' river ...
... Etruscan ruler . But there is also linguistic support for this theory . The name of the city , though difficult to explain , seems best derived from some Etruscan word . Several choices have been proposed , for example , rumon ' river ...
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