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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 307
... civil disorders , pestilence , barbarian invasions , all conspire to shake the state to its foundations . The counter- measures are ever greater repression , a wholly inept attempt at price - fixing ( under Diocletian in 301 ) , raising ...
... civil disorders , pestilence , barbarian invasions , all conspire to shake the state to its foundations . The counter- measures are ever greater repression , a wholly inept attempt at price - fixing ( under Diocletian in 301 ) , raising ...
Pagina 310
... civil servants , and a population declining in number and in spirit . And people ask why the Roman Empire fell . Why did it last ? " 26 Cf. Jones 1948 , 14-19 ; Boak , Manpower , 1955 . 26 Glover 1953 , 324 . CHAPTER XXIII Spoken and ...
... civil servants , and a population declining in number and in spirit . And people ask why the Roman Empire fell . Why did it last ? " 26 Cf. Jones 1948 , 14-19 ; Boak , Manpower , 1955 . 26 Glover 1953 , 324 . CHAPTER XXIII Spoken and ...
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... civil and military administrators , by Roman exporting and importing merchants , by the clergy , and by the upper - class provincials , who all needed and used it as a sort of international language much as Standard English has been ...
... civil and military administrators , by Roman exporting and importing merchants , by the clergy , and by the upper - class provincials , who all needed and used it as a sort of international language much as Standard English has been ...
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