The Tongues of Italy: Prehistory and HistoryThrough the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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Above all , the wealth of Latin inflexions had been severely curtailed , necessitating certain adjustments which distanced Italian from Latin - without of course , in our eyes , making it a worse or poorer language , though one of a ...
Above all , the wealth of Latin inflexions had been severely curtailed , necessitating certain adjustments which distanced Italian from Latin - without of course , in our eyes , making it a worse or poorer language , though one of a ...
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speakers of Italian dialects those of Tuscan speech have the advantage of their fellows . This statement can easily be confirmed by teachers of Latin . From this one can conclude , I believe , that there is a closeness between Tuscan ...
speakers of Italian dialects those of Tuscan speech have the advantage of their fellows . This statement can easily be confirmed by teachers of Latin . From this one can conclude , I believe , that there is a closeness between Tuscan ...
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all Italian speeches , he added that this was “ no wonder , because the Romans seem to stink above all other Italians through the baseness of their morals and customs . ” 23 In connecting causally the aesthetic impression he received ...
all Italian speeches , he added that this was “ no wonder , because the Romans seem to stink above all other Italians through the baseness of their morals and customs . ” 23 In connecting causally the aesthetic impression he received ...
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | The Tongues of Italy: Prehistory and History |
| Autore | Ernst Pulgram |
| Edizione | illustrata, ristampa, riveduta |
| Editore | Harvard University Press, 1958 |
| ISBN | 0837124387, 9780837124384 |
| Lunghezza | 465 pagine |
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