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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 367
... Roman ' Empire . What events and what conditions during these five centuries are of particular importance for the linguistic history of Italy ? The first place , in both political and cultural respects , is held by the invasions of ...
... Roman ' Empire . What events and what conditions during these five centuries are of particular importance for the linguistic history of Italy ? The first place , in both political and cultural respects , is held by the invasions of ...
Pagina 368
... Roman Empire and Italy , but they did not impose their dialects upon the speakers of Latin . Just like their languages , so all but two of the Germanic successor states to the Roman Empire proved ephemeral , either exhausting themselves ...
... Roman Empire and Italy , but they did not impose their dialects upon the speakers of Latin . Just like their languages , so all but two of the Germanic successor states to the Roman Empire proved ephemeral , either exhausting themselves ...
Pagina 372
... Roman Empire . Soon ( 497 ) he re- ceived from the eastern emperor Anastasius the symbols of imperial power which Odoacar had sent to Constantinople after the enforced abdication of Romulus Augustulus , and became thereby an equal and a ...
... Roman Empire . Soon ( 497 ) he re- ceived from the eastern emperor Anastasius the symbols of imperial power which Odoacar had sent to Constantinople after the enforced abdication of Romulus Augustulus , and became thereby an equal and a ...
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