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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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Culture is a social heritage ; it belongs to a community sharing common tradi- tions , common institutions , and a common way of life . Such a group may reasonably be called a people . . . . Language goes not with race but with the ...
Culture is a social heritage ; it belongs to a community sharing common tradi- tions , common institutions , and a common way of life . Such a group may reasonably be called a people . . . . Language goes not with race but with the ...
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All these features were accompanied originally by meanings , also held in common , and all were subject to constant change by loss , addition , or other modification , so that even at the beginning of the historical period speakers of ...
All these features were accompanied originally by meanings , also held in common , and all were subject to constant change by loss , addition , or other modification , so that even at the beginning of the historical period speakers of ...
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... of Italy such an effective instrument of unification as a common language with all its inherent dangers of facilitating a common understand- ing against the Roman rulers . Being hardheaded political realists 3 3 Devoto 1940 , 187 .
... of Italy such an effective instrument of unification as a common language with all its inherent dangers of facilitating a common understand- ing against the Roman rulers . Being hardheaded political realists 3 3 Devoto 1940 , 187 .
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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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