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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 166
... tribe ( compare the Hirpini from hirpus , ' wolf , ' Bouianum from boues , ' oxen , ' etc. ) , possibly first connected ... tribes are referred to as Picenes , or Picentes , but otherwise not much light is thrown on them until they enter ...
... tribe ( compare the Hirpini from hirpus , ' wolf , ' Bouianum from boues , ' oxen , ' etc. ) , possibly first connected ... tribes are referred to as Picenes , or Picentes , but otherwise not much light is thrown on them until they enter ...
Pagina 218
Prehistory and History Ernst Pulgram. that tribe ... . " 2 The Oscans occupy , with reference to the Sam- nite idiom ... tribes are those in the hills north and east of Rome who later also appear as speakers of Italic ( either nearer to ...
Prehistory and History Ernst Pulgram. that tribe ... . " 2 The Oscans occupy , with reference to the Sam- nite idiom ... tribes are those in the hills north and east of Rome who later also appear as speakers of Italic ( either nearer to ...
Pagina 376
... tribes and small nations , each having its own laws , administration , and dialect . They were not unaccustomed to wage intertribal war , and indeed indulged in sanguine intratribal feuds.2 Communication among them was poor . Also , it ...
... tribes and small nations , each having its own laws , administration , and dialect . They were not unaccustomed to wage intertribal war , and indeed indulged in sanguine intratribal feuds.2 Communication among them was poor . Also , it ...
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