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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... civilization par excellence . Fortunately some Italians are wisely and stoically immune to such propaganda . We must ... civilizations of their own before Rome conquered them . " 2 We shall subsequently see what these civilizations were ...
... civilization par excellence . Fortunately some Italians are wisely and stoically immune to such propaganda . We must ... civilizations of their own before Rome conquered them . " 2 We shall subsequently see what these civilizations were ...
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... civilization , in a place where Etruscan civilization and language are predominantly attested ( and I do not say ' predominated ' with good reason ) , at a period when Etruscan Fraser 1926 , 264. Cf. also Kretschmer 1896 , 34-42 , for a ...
... civilization , in a place where Etruscan civilization and language are predominantly attested ( and I do not say ' predominated ' with good reason ) , at a period when Etruscan Fraser 1926 , 264. Cf. also Kretschmer 1896 , 34-42 , for a ...
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... civilization , such as can be observed in the cultural paraphernalia , or to a reëmergence of the old rites , con- tinued throughout by a numerically stronger substratum popula- tion . Most likely both factors worked together . During ...
... civilization , such as can be observed in the cultural paraphernalia , or to a reëmergence of the old rites , con- tinued throughout by a numerically stronger substratum popula- tion . Most likely both factors worked together . During ...
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