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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... records beyond accidental allusions , and because of the com- plete lack of any climate statistics for the remote and even more recent past , inferences are made by Huntington on the basis of archaeological evidence , historical records ...
... records beyond accidental allusions , and because of the com- plete lack of any climate statistics for the remote and even more recent past , inferences are made by Huntington on the basis of archaeological evidence , historical records ...
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... records the harvest of linguistic facts in this section on prehistoric Italy is of necessity meager , I chose to ... record posterior to the neolithic revolution showed nowhere , at any time , a severely abrupt change . The inevitable ...
... records the harvest of linguistic facts in this section on prehistoric Italy is of necessity meager , I chose to ... record posterior to the neolithic revolution showed nowhere , at any time , a severely abrupt change . The inevitable ...
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... records of a relatively late period , after the local idioms had already undergone a few centuries of convergent development . On the whole , the Italic dialects ( not tribes ! ) move southward along the center of the peninsula , either ...
... records of a relatively late period , after the local idioms had already undergone a few centuries of convergent development . On the whole , the Italic dialects ( not tribes ! ) move southward along the center of the peninsula , either ...
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