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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... appearance in Italy , with the corded - ware peo- ple , or the battle - axe people , or the tamers of the horse , or the urnfield people , has proved in each case controversial , to say the least . Moreover the necessary basic ...
... appearance in Italy , with the corded - ware peo- ple , or the battle - axe people , or the tamers of the horse , or the urnfield people , has proved in each case controversial , to say the least . Moreover the necessary basic ...
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... appearance , and second , why exactly in this particular region of Italy a sudden and momentous flourishing of civilization should manifest itself . Here some scholars attempt conciliatory explanations . These may be rather naïve , like ...
... appearance , and second , why exactly in this particular region of Italy a sudden and momentous flourishing of civilization should manifest itself . Here some scholars attempt conciliatory explanations . These may be rather naïve , like ...
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... appearance of linguistic records , albeit over a long gap which we dared not bridge by means of a name alone , in Apulia the archaeological evidence fails us for anything later than the Neolithic Age . Hence the gap between the ...
... appearance of linguistic records , albeit over a long gap which we dared not bridge by means of a name alone , in Apulia the archaeological evidence fails us for anything later than the Neolithic Age . Hence the gap between the ...
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