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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 368
... Germanic successor states to the Roman Empire proved ephemeral , either exhausting themselves in fratricidal warfare ( Franks versus Lan- gobards , Burgundians , Visigoths ; the wars of the Germanic invaders of Britain among themselves ) ...
... Germanic successor states to the Roman Empire proved ephemeral , either exhausting themselves in fratricidal warfare ( Franks versus Lan- gobards , Burgundians , Visigoths ; the wars of the Germanic invaders of Britain among themselves ) ...
Pagina 382
... Germanic cultural failure in Italy was that the Germans were mainly rural settlers and feudal lords who underrated ... Germanic name anywhere in Italy is no clue whatever as to the size and impact of the Germanic occupation . It merely ...
... Germanic cultural failure in Italy was that the Germans were mainly rural settlers and feudal lords who underrated ... Germanic name anywhere in Italy is no clue whatever as to the size and impact of the Germanic occupation . It merely ...
Pagina 383
... Germanic , without further specification as to tribe and date . This means that for our purposes of linguistic history the evidence is insufficient . What about the influence , if any , of Germanic on Latin in sounds , forms , and ...
... Germanic , without further specification as to tribe and date . This means that for our purposes of linguistic history the evidence is insufficient . What about the influence , if any , of Germanic on Latin in sounds , forms , and ...
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