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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... Hence to claim ' Roman ' descent for all Italians is biologically and histori- cally ridiculous , and even to claim Roman culture for all of Italy is wrong . For there existed in Italy before Rome , and outside the city of Rome and ...
... Hence to claim ' Roman ' descent for all Italians is biologically and histori- cally ridiculous , and even to claim Roman culture for all of Italy is wrong . For there existed in Italy before Rome , and outside the city of Rome and ...
Pagina 150
... Hence the joint appearance in Italy of metallurgy and Indo- European is a locally significant but not necessarily a causally connected togetherness . The coincidence of cultural and linguis- tic traits at a given moment does not allow ...
... Hence the joint appearance in Italy of metallurgy and Indo- European is a locally significant but not necessarily a causally connected togetherness . The coincidence of cultural and linguis- tic traits at a given moment does not allow ...
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... Hence our search for a precise date of linguistic expiration and renewal is likely to be idle also . Also , as concerns Figs . 1 and 2 , the comparative scales of the Egyptian and Roman charts are such that whatever appears as a sudden ...
... Hence our search for a precise date of linguistic expiration and renewal is likely to be idle also . Also , as concerns Figs . 1 and 2 , the comparative scales of the Egyptian and Roman charts are such that whatever appears as a sudden ...
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