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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 49
... spoken in regions along the Franco - Italian frontier from Ventimiglia northward toward Turin , and in the numerous valleys descending toward the Po River . A Franco - Provençal speech island exists also in the local- ities of Faeto and ...
... spoken in regions along the Franco - Italian frontier from Ventimiglia northward toward Turin , and in the numerous valleys descending toward the Po River . A Franco - Provençal speech island exists also in the local- ities of Faeto and ...
Pagina 217
... spoken on either side of the spinal ridge of the Apennines in their southern half , in Campania , and in Calabria . Concerning the Latinian dialects we are equally sure that they are Indo - European , that they were spoken in Latium and ...
... spoken on either side of the spinal ridge of the Apennines in their southern half , in Campania , and in Calabria . Concerning the Latinian dialects we are equally sure that they are Indo - European , that they were spoken in Latium and ...
Pagina 321
... spoken Latin converge . At that time , a written classical tradition was just emerging ; that is , Roman literature is being created ( almost exclusively on Greek models ) , and the linguistic evidence we have from the earliest times ...
... spoken Latin converge . At that time , a written classical tradition was just emerging ; that is , Roman literature is being created ( almost exclusively on Greek models ) , and the linguistic evidence we have from the earliest times ...
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