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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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Pagina 60
Indeed I should go so far as to suggest that if Dante had been a child of Naples , and , providentially , Boccaccio and Petrarch also , Neapolitan and not Tuscan would have become Italy's national language . Although Tuscan most likely ...
Indeed I should go so far as to suggest that if Dante had been a child of Naples , and , providentially , Boccaccio and Petrarch also , Neapolitan and not Tuscan would have become Italy's national language . Although Tuscan most likely ...
Pagina 63
Not long after its foundation , the Accademia began the publication of an Italian dictionary , which also was to become the model for dictionaries of the French ( 1694 ) and Spanish ( 1726- 39 ) Academies , as well as for Samuel ...
Not long after its foundation , the Accademia began the publication of an Italian dictionary , which also was to become the model for dictionaries of the French ( 1694 ) and Spanish ( 1726- 39 ) Academies , as well as for Samuel ...
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By the end of the sixth century , Rome was larger than other cities of Latium and Etruria , excepting possibly Veii , and it surely had become as important a city as the legends claim . It is also not surprising that its inhabitants ...
By the end of the sixth century , Rome was larger than other cities of Latium and Etruria , excepting possibly Veii , and it surely had become as important a city as the legends claim . It is also not surprising that its inhabitants ...
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