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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... regions of Italy whose names will occur many times in the following pages . Beginning in the northwest , Piedmont ... region . All rivers stream fanlike toward the Po , and many of them are harnessed to run the generating turbines of ...
... regions of Italy whose names will occur many times in the following pages . Beginning in the northwest , Piedmont ... region . All rivers stream fanlike toward the Po , and many of them are harnessed to run the generating turbines of ...
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... region of the lowest passes , the backdoor to Italy . It is also the land of the arid , calcareous , sterile Carso . Since the main occupation of the inhabitants is nonetheless farming , pov- erty is inevitable . Returning westward , we ...
... region of the lowest passes , the backdoor to Italy . It is also the land of the arid , calcareous , sterile Carso . Since the main occupation of the inhabitants is nonetheless farming , pov- erty is inevitable . Returning westward , we ...
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... region in question ) . Again , because of the unbroken continuity of the archaeological evidence which presents itself without a major break or upheaval , I suggest that very few speakers of Indo - European penetrated into the Lig ...
... region in question ) . Again , because of the unbroken continuity of the archaeological evidence which presents itself without a major break or upheaval , I suggest that very few speakers of Indo - European penetrated into the Lig ...
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