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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 38
... possibly on the ridge above Lake Albano , perhaps near the present Castel San Gandolfo ) . The ritual center of the people was a temple dedicated to luppiter Latiaris , which crowned the loftiest peak of the Alban Hills , now called ...
... possibly on the ridge above Lake Albano , perhaps near the present Castel San Gandolfo ) . The ritual center of the people was a temple dedicated to luppiter Latiaris , which crowned the loftiest peak of the Alban Hills , now called ...
Pagina 72
... possibly call autochthonous those persons who occupied an area before someone else . And if one is obliged to ask always , " Autochtonous with reference to whom , to what people ? " the usefulness of the term becomes ques- tionable at ...
... possibly call autochthonous those persons who occupied an area before someone else . And if one is obliged to ask always , " Autochtonous with reference to whom , to what people ? " the usefulness of the term becomes ques- tionable at ...
Pagina 315
... possibly not a British ) reader will understand it to mean " I sure do like that little old bear . " If , in addition , he can read it with the sounds and the intonation which the author wished to suggest , he does so , not because the ...
... possibly not a British ) reader will understand it to mean " I sure do like that little old bear . " If , in addition , he can read it with the sounds and the intonation which the author wished to suggest , he does so , not because the ...
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