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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... showed that Pigorini's reconstructed plan of the terramara of Castellazzo was not only not typical but indeed purely conjectural and arbitrary to begin with , having no basis in any facts brought to light by the actual excavation . He ...
... showed that Pigorini's reconstructed plan of the terramara of Castellazzo was not only not typical but indeed purely conjectural and arbitrary to begin with , having no basis in any facts brought to light by the actual excavation . He ...
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... showed peculiarities that can be connected with Keltic 18 See Pulgram 1949 , 243 , n . 1I . 10 The boundary which separates the northern from the central dialects is roughly the La Spezia - Rimini line , separating also Eastern from ...
... showed peculiarities that can be connected with Keltic 18 See Pulgram 1949 , 243 , n . 1I . 10 The boundary which separates the northern from the central dialects is roughly the La Spezia - Rimini line , separating also Eastern from ...
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... showed by their example how an organized and proud community could stand on its own feet , even in defiance of its overlords . During the twelfth and thirteenth centuries the growth of the Communes became more rapid . The trade with the ...
... showed by their example how an organized and proud community could stand on its own feet , even in defiance of its overlords . During the twelfth and thirteenth centuries the growth of the Communes became more rapid . The trade with the ...
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