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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 86
... Umbrian ( s ) , Ligurian ( s ) , Pelasgian ( s ) , Aborigines , and many others are used by a great number of scholars , antique and re- cent , with unrestrained laxity and romantic impetuousness . But on closer scrutiny we find that ...
... Umbrian ( s ) , Ligurian ( s ) , Pelasgian ( s ) , Aborigines , and many others are used by a great number of scholars , antique and re- cent , with unrestrained laxity and romantic impetuousness . But on closer scrutiny we find that ...
Pagina 220
... Umbrian lie in cremating , the Oscan dialects , introduced according to von Duhn by the inhuming Italici , in inhuming territory ; yet Oscan is more closely related to Umbrian than it is to Latin , and Latin and Umbrian are quite ...
... Umbrian lie in cremating , the Oscan dialects , introduced according to von Duhn by the inhuming Italici , in inhuming territory ; yet Oscan is more closely related to Umbrian than it is to Latin , and Latin and Umbrian are quite ...
Pagina 342
... Umbrian inscriptions brought to light so far . This is probably not due to almost total illiteracy ( at least after a rather early date ) , but rather , in contrast to the Keltic situation , to the small area occupied by speakers of ...
... Umbrian inscriptions brought to light so far . This is probably not due to almost total illiteracy ( at least after a rather early date ) , but rather , in contrast to the Keltic situation , to the small area occupied by speakers of ...
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