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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... invaders , of whom I shall speak in the proper place , crossed , or attempted to cross the Peartree Pass in order to reach Italy : the Kelts ( 179 B.C. ) , the Germanic Kimbri ( 113 B.C. ) , the Visigoths under King Alaric ( A.D. 402 ...
... invaders , of whom I shall speak in the proper place , crossed , or attempted to cross the Peartree Pass in order to reach Italy : the Kelts ( 179 B.C. ) , the Germanic Kimbri ( 113 B.C. ) , the Visigoths under King Alaric ( A.D. 402 ...
Pagina 111
... invaders were of the Mediterranean race ( even in the widest sense of the term ) is more than doubtful : all criteria we possess , culture , burials , and a reasonable linguistic hypothesis , contradict the assumption in all important ...
... invaders were of the Mediterranean race ( even in the widest sense of the term ) is more than doubtful : all criteria we possess , culture , burials , and a reasonable linguistic hypothesis , contradict the assumption in all important ...
Pagina 178
... invaders . They , together with the Latini , form the oldest Indo - European invasion of Italy , preceding the arrival of the Italici proper . ' 78 The Sicani and Siculi may be the same , the different suffixes in their names being ...
... invaders . They , together with the Latini , form the oldest Indo - European invasion of Italy , preceding the arrival of the Italici proper . ' 78 The Sicani and Siculi may be the same , the different suffixes in their names being ...
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