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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... become Romanized under the compulsion of the Roman Empire , not even in language , as thoroughly as one might think , it could hardly thereafter become culturally unified in the course of its checkered and largely unhappy history . Yet ...
... become Romanized under the compulsion of the Roman Empire , not even in language , as thoroughly as one might think , it could hardly thereafter become culturally unified in the course of its checkered and largely unhappy history . Yet ...
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... become the model for dictionaries of the French ( 1694 ) and Spanish ( 1726- 39 ) Academies , as well as for Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English language ( 1747-1755 ) . But owing to the quarrels over the Questione della lingua ...
... become the model for dictionaries of the French ( 1694 ) and Spanish ( 1726- 39 ) Academies , as well as for Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English language ( 1747-1755 ) . But owing to the quarrels over the Questione della lingua ...
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... become so oppressive as to make small farming again unlucrative , and once more a flight from the land sets in . The third century is fully catastrophic : wars , civil disorders , pestilence , barbarian invasions , all conspire to shake ...
... become so oppressive as to make small farming again unlucrative , and once more a flight from the land sets in . The third century is fully catastrophic : wars , civil disorders , pestilence , barbarian invasions , all conspire to shake ...
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