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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 104
... Mediterranean race does not arrive from Africa ( or the Near East ) with the physical ap- pearance and cultural ... Mediterranean , but there can of course be no longer any question of racial unity or purity all over the Mediterranean ...
... Mediterranean race does not arrive from Africa ( or the Near East ) with the physical ap- pearance and cultural ... Mediterranean , but there can of course be no longer any question of racial unity or purity all over the Mediterranean ...
Pagina 106
... Mediterranean race to which the neolithic invaders ( or even autoch- thonous neolithic inhabitants ) would belong . Many scholars , with whom I agree , either reject altogether the hypothesis of a Mediterranean race in the physical ...
... Mediterranean race to which the neolithic invaders ( or even autoch- thonous neolithic inhabitants ) would belong . Many scholars , with whom I agree , either reject altogether the hypothesis of a Mediterranean race in the physical ...
Pagina 107
... Mediterranean dialects ' in the subsequent discussion , it should al- be understood with this trenchant restriction . ways 18 Devoto 1940 , 43–50 , distinguishes in fact five great Mediterranean linguistic areas : Libyan , Iberian ...
... Mediterranean dialects ' in the subsequent discussion , it should al- be understood with this trenchant restriction . ways 18 Devoto 1940 , 43–50 , distinguishes in fact five great Mediterranean linguistic areas : Libyan , Iberian ...
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