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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 129
... Sicily and Italy , thence to Spain and Britain.1 It will be recalled that I mentioned Aegean connections and influences in Sicily and southern Italy during the neolithic period , which caused distinctive developments . And it is indeed ...
... Sicily and Italy , thence to Spain and Britain.1 It will be recalled that I mentioned Aegean connections and influences in Sicily and southern Italy during the neolithic period , which caused distinctive developments . And it is indeed ...
Pagina 132
... Sicily . It is but obvious that , if the central and southern parts of the penin- sula derive their inspiration , if not some of their peoples , from the east and south rather than the north , Sicily will partake of this development in ...
... Sicily . It is but obvious that , if the central and southern parts of the penin- sula derive their inspiration , if not some of their peoples , from the east and south rather than the north , Sicily will partake of this development in ...
Pagina 175
... Sicily , but their presence there , together with or because of their Indo- European dialect , is frequently explained by immigration from a northern location . The pattern of my subsequent argument and its conclusion can by now be ...
... Sicily , but their presence there , together with or because of their Indo- European dialect , is frequently explained by immigration from a northern location . The pattern of my subsequent argument and its conclusion can by now be ...
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