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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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It Preface may seem audacious for a linguist to wander so far outside of his domain as I have done in this book ... If nonetheless I have undertaken to do so , it is because I felt that such a unified linguistic history of Italy , which ...
It Preface may seem audacious for a linguist to wander so far outside of his domain as I have done in this book ... If nonetheless I have undertaken to do so , it is because I felt that such a unified linguistic history of Italy , which ...
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linguistic , racial , and cultural origins , spread , and changes can be postulated a priori , but that each instance has to be probed on its own terms , on the basis of whatever records are available . It is , of course , very tempting ...
linguistic , racial , and cultural origins , spread , and changes can be postulated a priori , but that each instance has to be probed on its own terms , on the basis of whatever records are available . It is , of course , very tempting ...
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local linguistic habits have not much opportunity to unfold them- selves before our eyes . So we repeat our customary regrets on the dearth of evidence of Spoken Latin . I have said several times , however , that the attested ultimate ...
local linguistic habits have not much opportunity to unfold them- selves before our eyes . So we repeat our customary regrets on the dearth of evidence of Spoken Latin . I have said several times , however , that the attested ultimate ...
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