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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 165
... Italic ' Mediterranean ' inscriptions.17 One of the most recently found inscriptions classed as Southern East Italic is on an interesting though ungainly statue named after its site the Warrior of Capestrano ( at the foot of the Gran ...
... Italic ' Mediterranean ' inscriptions.17 One of the most recently found inscriptions classed as Southern East Italic is on an interesting though ungainly statue named after its site the Warrior of Capestrano ( at the foot of the Gran ...
Pagina 199
... Italic , Italic , and Latinian . From an Indo - Europeanist's point of view Italic signifies all those Indo - European dialects which , regardless of type , time , and place , he finds in ancient Italy ; in other words , he speaks of an ...
... Italic , Italic , and Latinian . From an Indo - Europeanist's point of view Italic signifies all those Indo - European dialects which , regardless of type , time , and place , he finds in ancient Italy ; in other words , he speaks of an ...
Pagina 250
... Italic and , later , Etruscan . On the site of Rome , this duality shows itself in that the highland spurs reaching out toward the Forum ( Quirinal , Viminal , Esquiline ) were most likely occupied by speakers of Italic , whereas the ...
... Italic and , later , Etruscan . On the site of Rome , this duality shows itself in that the highland spurs reaching out toward the Forum ( Quirinal , Viminal , Esquiline ) were most likely occupied by speakers of Italic , whereas the ...
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