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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... administration of the growing city and the state necessitated the indication of family relationships by means of a fixed hereditary nomenclature . There is sufficient and convincing evidence , then , that 256 TONGUES OF ITALY.
... administration of the growing city and the state necessitated the indication of family relationships by means of a fixed hereditary nomenclature . There is sufficient and convincing evidence , then , that 256 TONGUES OF ITALY.
Pagina 376
... administration , and dialect . They were not unaccustomed to wage intertribal war , and indeed indulged in sanguine intratribal feuds.2 Communication among them was poor . Also , it was one of the policies of the fading Roman empire to ...
... administration , and dialect . They were not unaccustomed to wage intertribal war , and indeed indulged in sanguine intratribal feuds.2 Communication among them was poor . Also , it was one of the policies of the fading Roman empire to ...
Pagina 378
... administration of Italy is not changed . On the contrary , the Germans themselves , once adherents of a com- munistic form of tribal economy and governing themselves through democratic councils , adjust themselves to the ways of Rome ...
... administration of Italy is not changed . On the contrary , the Germans themselves , once adherents of a com- munistic form of tribal economy and governing themselves through democratic councils , adjust themselves to the ways of Rome ...
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