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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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. |
Dall'interno del libro
Risultati 1-3 di 83
Pagina 45
... the one that is taught in Italian ( and foreign ) schools ; nonetheless a fair ( though de- creasing ) number of Italians , possibly able to understand it and read it , must admit that they cannot speak ' Italian , ' or speak it ...
... the one that is taught in Italian ( and foreign ) schools ; nonetheless a fair ( though de- creasing ) number of Italians , possibly able to understand it and read it , must admit that they cannot speak ' Italian , ' or speak it ...
Pagina 162
If we furthermore cred- ulously accept also Herodotus ' report about Pelasgians speaking a non - Greek ... Oscans in the north of the river Liri.8 Since the Oscans known to us several centuries later speak an Indo - European language ...
If we furthermore cred- ulously accept also Herodotus ' report about Pelasgians speaking a non - Greek ... Oscans in the north of the river Liri.8 Since the Oscans known to us several centuries later speak an Indo - European language ...
Pagina 226
... whence we speak of a non - Indo- European substratum and not of an Indo - European superstratum.18 In this process there occurred no doubt at different dates infiltra- tions of Indo - European - speaking persons whose languages the ...
... whence we speak of a non - Indo- European substratum and not of an Indo - European superstratum.18 In this process there occurred no doubt at different dates infiltra- tions of Indo - European - speaking persons whose languages the ...
Cosa dicono le persone - Scrivi una recensione
Nessuna recensione trovata nei soliti posti.
Altre edizioni - Visualizza tutto
Parole e frasi comuni
according ancient appearance became become beginning called century CHAPTER civilization classes Classical common concerning continued course cultural dialects early east emperor Empire especially ethnic Etruscan Europe European eventually evidence example existence fact foreign Germanic Greek hand Hence human Illyrian important Indo-European influence inhabitants inscriptions invaders Iron Age Italian Italic Italy land Langobards language later Latin Latium learned least less Ligurian linguistic matter means Mediterranean migration native neolithic northern once origin period persons Plautus political pope population possibly prehistoric Proto-Indo-European question race racial reason records region remained Roman Rome scholars seems Senate sense Sicily social southern speak speakers speech spoken spread term theory tion tribes true Umbrian United various Villanovan Whatmough whole writing written