The Tongues of Italy: Prehistory and HistoryHarvard University Press, 1958 - 465 pagine Through the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 19
... peninsula . Until about 500 B.C. the Greeks called firaλía only the southernmost part of Calabria , from the straits of Messina north as far as the isthmus between the Gulf of S. Eufemia and the town of Squillace . The word can be ...
... peninsula . Until about 500 B.C. the Greeks called firaλía only the southernmost part of Calabria , from the straits of Messina north as far as the isthmus between the Gulf of S. Eufemia and the town of Squillace . The word can be ...
Pagina 110
... peninsula , fully replacing older linguistic strata , is , in view of its speed and thoroughness , virtually inexplicable by the inef- ficient process of diffusion , a transplantation of human beings must be presumed . Cultural ...
... peninsula , fully replacing older linguistic strata , is , in view of its speed and thoroughness , virtually inexplicable by the inef- ficient process of diffusion , a transplantation of human beings must be presumed . Cultural ...
Pagina 132
... peninsula seems to have been continuously occupied by the same ethnic groups from neolithic times on , although un- doubtedly it was exposed to cultural and limited ethnic influences from the Balkan peninsula . Some scholars think that ...
... peninsula seems to have been continuously occupied by the same ethnic groups from neolithic times on , although un- doubtedly it was exposed to cultural and limited ethnic influences from the Balkan peninsula . Some scholars think that ...
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