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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 118
... reference to the Villanovan culture . ) This peculiar way of living and constructing villages is , then , a purely local phenomenon , representing one of several kinds of construction of the Italian Bronze Age.34 If this is fully ...
... reference to the Villanovan culture . ) This peculiar way of living and constructing villages is , then , a purely local phenomenon , representing one of several kinds of construction of the Italian Bronze Age.34 If this is fully ...
Pagina 142
... reference . As far as Proto - Indo - European and its speakers are concerned , we have not the slightest evidence for any racial or linguistic purity as due to extended isolation and inbreeding . We simply do not know , and hardly ever ...
... reference . As far as Proto - Indo - European and its speakers are concerned , we have not the slightest evidence for any racial or linguistic purity as due to extended isolation and inbreeding . We simply do not know , and hardly ever ...
Pagina 173
... reference to the inscrip- tions authored by the historic inhabitants of Iguuium , and to call the dialect , say , Iguvine instead , so as to avoid all confusion and any suggestion of connectedness.53 Would that Grenier , when writing ...
... reference to the inscrip- tions authored by the historic inhabitants of Iguuium , and to call the dialect , say , Iguvine instead , so as to avoid all confusion and any suggestion of connectedness.53 Would that Grenier , when writing ...
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