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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... native to Italy and were unknown to ancient Italy and in part even during the Middle Ages . The vine and the fig tree are not really autochthonous in the Apennine peninsula , although their introduction goes back to prehistoric times ...
... native to Italy and were unknown to ancient Italy and in part even during the Middle Ages . The vine and the fig tree are not really autochthonous in the Apennine peninsula , although their introduction goes back to prehistoric times ...
Pagina 227
... native soil could no longer support the increasing population , were periodically sent forth during springtime to search for new land and new homes . This testifies , it seems , to two things : the prolificness of the tribes , due ...
... native soil could no longer support the increasing population , were periodically sent forth during springtime to search for new land and new homes . This testifies , it seems , to two things : the prolificness of the tribes , due ...
Pagina 386
... native Germanic vocabulary had already undergone some Romanization in Gaul and entered the speech of Italy together with other Romanic that is , palaeo - French items . Indeed we may wonder , though scarcely hope for an answer , how ...
... native Germanic vocabulary had already undergone some Romanization in Gaul and entered the speech of Italy together with other Romanic that is , palaeo - French items . Indeed we may wonder , though scarcely hope for an answer , how ...
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