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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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
... Plautus Trin . 851-852 plays a major role , where a big mushroom - shaped hat is associated typically with the Illyrians . No one seems to worry , if about nothing else in this tale , then at least about the matter of four hundred years ...
... Plautus Trin . 851-852 plays a major role , where a big mushroom - shaped hat is associated typically with the Illyrians . No one seems to worry , if about nothing else in this tale , then at least about the matter of four hundred years ...
Pagina 320
... line of Spoken Latin , which follows an unbroken direct development , as do the gen- erations of speakers themselves ? I have already said that we have little to put there : Plautus , the passages of 320 TONGUES OF ITALY.
... line of Spoken Latin , which follows an unbroken direct development , as do the gen- erations of speakers themselves ? I have already said that we have little to put there : Plautus , the passages of 320 TONGUES OF ITALY.
Pagina 351
... Plautus ( about 254- 184 B.C. ) , an Umbrian , of whose numerous comedies only nine- teen have come down to us . Although he derived his subjects from Hellenic mythology and Greek dramatic literature , his plays are in spirit , tone ...
... Plautus ( about 254- 184 B.C. ) , an Umbrian , of whose numerous comedies only nine- teen have come down to us . Although he derived his subjects from Hellenic mythology and Greek dramatic literature , his plays are in spirit , tone ...
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