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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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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 ...
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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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