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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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Pagina 87
... known or un- known authors tend to enjoy a considerably greater longevity than the realia that go with and by them . Hence it is safe to state that the ' Umbrians ' of the tenth century B.C. and those of the first century B.C. have ...
... known or un- known authors tend to enjoy a considerably greater longevity than the realia that go with and by them . Hence it is safe to state that the ' Umbrians ' of the tenth century B.C. and those of the first century B.C. have ...
Pagina 162
... known to the Greeks as early ( or , from our point of view , as late ) as the fifth century B.C. Their name , some say , is the Grecisized earlier ( un- rhotacized ) form of the Italic Aurunci , which eventually comes to be extended to ...
... known to the Greeks as early ( or , from our point of view , as late ) as the fifth century B.C. Their name , some say , is the Grecisized earlier ( un- rhotacized ) form of the Italic Aurunci , which eventually comes to be extended to ...
Pagina 227
... known from historic times , the uer sacrum , or ' Sacred Spring . ' According to this custom , the young men of a tribe or a locality , once the native soil could no longer support the increasing population , were periodically sent ...
... known from historic times , the uer sacrum , or ' Sacred Spring . ' According to this custom , the young men of a tribe or a locality , once the native soil could no longer support the increasing population , were periodically sent ...
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