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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 309
... empire out of an agglomeration of provinces . It is only natural that under these circumstances the linguistic acculturation of all parts of the Empire found no succor . In A.D. 14 , at the death of Augustus , the population of Italy is ...
... empire out of an agglomeration of provinces . It is only natural that under these circumstances the linguistic acculturation of all parts of the Empire found no succor . In A.D. 14 , at the death of Augustus , the population of Italy is ...
Pagina 366
... empire and western Europe . Finally the tottering western Empire , which in any event no longer de- served the name , lost its last possessions outside of Italy when at the beginning of the seventh century the Visigoths took Spain ...
... empire and western Europe . Finally the tottering western Empire , which in any event no longer de- served the name , lost its last possessions outside of Italy when at the beginning of the seventh century the Visigoths took Spain ...
Pagina 369
... Empire never could become a home , especially since , as I have said repeatedly , the Romans were traditionally unable and unwilling to absorb foreign populations culturally . No wonder that as strangers they gladly took every ...
... Empire never could become a home , especially since , as I have said repeatedly , the Romans were traditionally unable and unwilling to absorb foreign populations culturally . No wonder that as strangers they gladly took every ...
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