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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... political , or intellectual reasons attained prestige and supremacy over the others to such a degree that it became the model , the standard for all formal linguistic expression , be it literary or learned , prosaic or poetic .
... political , or intellectual reasons attained prestige and supremacy over the others to such a degree that it became the model , the standard for all formal linguistic expression , be it literary or learned , prosaic or poetic .
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It surely can be said with full justification , and this is the measure of its futility , that this controversy carried on for centuries among the learned and pseudo - learned has scarcely deflected the course of linguistic history in ...
It surely can be said with full justification , and this is the measure of its futility , that this controversy carried on for centuries among the learned and pseudo - learned has scarcely deflected the course of linguistic history in ...
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The Proto - Etruscans , whoever they were , brought with them a writing of a very ancient Greek type.83 It seems that their ancestors learned it on the way to Italy ; at least there is no evidence of its use east of Lemnos .
The Proto - Etruscans , whoever they were , brought with them a writing of a very ancient Greek type.83 It seems that their ancestors learned it on the way to Italy ; at least there is no evidence of its use east of Lemnos .
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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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