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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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Although the whole mass is geologically neither uniform nor of equal age , it presents the appearance of a continuous unit , but without a unique principal longitudinal range . Instead it is composed of a very irregular series of chains ...
Although the whole mass is geologically neither uniform nor of equal age , it presents the appearance of a continuous unit , but without a unique principal longitudinal range . Instead it is composed of a very irregular series of chains ...
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nomic unity ; hence we can in fact write no prehistory of Italy as a whole for the period.3 We cannot find even legendary clues for one . Two ethnic names which occur in a number of ancient authors , 4 the Aborigines and the Oenotrians ...
nomic unity ; hence we can in fact write no prehistory of Italy as a whole for the period.3 We cannot find even legendary clues for one . Two ethnic names which occur in a number of ancient authors , 4 the Aborigines and the Oenotrians ...
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ment between the northern and southern cultures on the whole , make the transadriatic thesis of the Indo - Europeanization of Apulia very likely , if not indispensable . But now we are dealing with Indo - European dialects which are ...
ment between the northern and southern cultures on the whole , make the transadriatic thesis of the Indo - Europeanization of Apulia very likely , if not indispensable . But now we are dealing with Indo - European dialects which are ...
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