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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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discussed in Chapter XIV , but rather to the evidence we possess , I must speak of Ligurian as an Indo - European dialect , for the records , however deficient , seem unambiguous enough on that score . But it is also certain that the ...
discussed in Chapter XIV , but rather to the evidence we possess , I must speak of Ligurian as an Indo - European dialect , for the records , however deficient , seem unambiguous enough on that score . But it is also certain that the ...
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And even afterward the only unity we have evidence for is the linguistic one attested to by the inscriptions ; and that still does not guarantee that all the inhabitants of the region spoke this dialect , to say nothing of a common ...
And even afterward the only unity we have evidence for is the linguistic one attested to by the inscriptions ; and that still does not guarantee that all the inhabitants of the region spoke this dialect , to say nothing of a common ...
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But even if , for lack of racial evidence , they cannot be proved to be the physical descendants of older population strata , the material evidence makes it imperative to separate them clearly from other Iron Ages peoples of Italy ...
But even if , for lack of racial evidence , they cannot be proved to be the physical descendants of older population strata , the material evidence makes it imperative to separate them clearly from other Iron Ages peoples of Italy ...
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