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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... matter of absolute numbers and fertility of the soil but depends to a great extent upon the type and degree of exploitation by human economy . The more advanced an economy and the more numerous the people and the more fertile the soil ...
... matter of absolute numbers and fertility of the soil but depends to a great extent upon the type and degree of exploitation by human economy . The more advanced an economy and the more numerous the people and the more fertile the soil ...
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... matter when it occurred in the distant past , precludes purity , then no language is pure , except possibly that of ... matters , our - reconstructed Proto - Indo - European must needs remain hypo- 142 TONGUES OF ITALY.
... matter when it occurred in the distant past , precludes purity , then no language is pure , except possibly that of ... matters , our - reconstructed Proto - Indo - European must needs remain hypo- 142 TONGUES OF ITALY.
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... matter how numerous the inroads of popular speech which point toward the Romanic languages that , in short , it does indeed merit the description of a bad , vulgarized Classical Latin . Whether this idiom should still be called ' Vulgar ...
... matter how numerous the inroads of popular speech which point toward the Romanic languages that , in short , it does indeed merit the description of a bad , vulgarized Classical Latin . Whether this idiom should still be called ' Vulgar ...
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