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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 56
So it is true that even before Dante , Tuscan , particularly Floren- tine , had acquired great prestige . But whether without Dante it would have enjoyed the fate of but transient glory like the lan- guage of the Sicilian School it is ...
So it is true that even before Dante , Tuscan , particularly Floren- tine , had acquired great prestige . But whether without Dante it would have enjoyed the fate of but transient glory like the lan- guage of the Sicilian School it is ...
Pagina 147
... easily object here that it would take a great deal of naïveté on the part of linguistic palaeontologists to propound such views , and that the refutation can be found in a refinement of linguistic methods themselves . This is true .
... easily object here that it would take a great deal of naïveté on the part of linguistic palaeontologists to propound such views , and that the refutation can be found in a refinement of linguistic methods themselves . This is true .
Pagina 167
By definition of the terms , either can be true , but not both need be true , and neither is proved to be true : for the equation Camuni = Euganei = Terramaricoli equates only onomastically but without the slightest factual justi- ...
By definition of the terms , either can be true , but not both need be true , and neither is proved to be true : for the equation Camuni = Euganei = Terramaricoli equates only onomastically but without the slightest factual justi- ...
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