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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... whole length of the Italian boot , from the straps to the tip of the toe . Although the whole mass is geologically neither uniform nor of equal age , it presents the appearance of a continuous unit , but without a unique principal ...
... whole length of the Italian boot , from the straps to the tip of the toe . Although the whole mass is geologically neither uniform nor of equal age , it presents the appearance of a continuous unit , but without a unique principal ...
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... whole supposition of terramare ancestry for Rome , 31 32 But there were more damaging arguments forthcoming , enough to annihilate practically all terramare theorizing , save the cultural aspects . As early as 1929 and 1933 Rellini said ...
... whole supposition of terramare ancestry for Rome , 31 32 But there were more damaging arguments forthcoming , enough to annihilate practically all terramare theorizing , save the cultural aspects . As early as 1929 and 1933 Rellini said ...
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... whole for the period.3 We cannot find even legendary clues for one . Two ethnic names which occur in a number of ancient authors , * the Aborigines and the Oenotrians , have been used by old and , alas , modern writers with so many ...
... whole for the period.3 We cannot find even legendary clues for one . Two ethnic names which occur in a number of ancient authors , * the Aborigines and the Oenotrians , have been used by old and , alas , modern writers with so many ...
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