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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... course , a mysterious item like the Etruscan language al- ways calls forth mistaken theories and attracts pseudo - scholars and crackpots . It is not necessary to deal with this subnormal fringe in any detail.58 What one learns from ...
... course , a mysterious item like the Etruscan language al- ways calls forth mistaken theories and attracts pseudo - scholars and crackpots . It is not necessary to deal with this subnormal fringe in any detail.58 What one learns from ...
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... course , cannot possibly follow from a revised linguistic opinion in the first place . Krahe , who at one time ( 1941 ) still thought , as I mentioned before , that all tribes with names related to that of the Veneti were Illyrians ...
... course , cannot possibly follow from a revised linguistic opinion in the first place . Krahe , who at one time ( 1941 ) still thought , as I mentioned before , that all tribes with names related to that of the Veneti were Illyrians ...
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... course of the Tiber was therefore naturally funneled toward the island crossing . It may also be assumed that , because of different conditions of the water- shed and the heavier forestation along the length of the Tiber and its ...
... course of the Tiber was therefore naturally funneled toward the island crossing . It may also be assumed that , because of different conditions of the water- shed and the heavier forestation along the length of the Tiber and its ...
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The land | 7 |
The climate | 21 |
The Italian standard language | 54 |
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