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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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developed from Proto - Indo - European , we can assume the various related forms of the records to have diverged from an original ( that is , we now know , relatively original ) Proto - Indo - European form .
developed from Proto - Indo - European , we can assume the various related forms of the records to have diverged from an original ( that is , we now know , relatively original ) Proto - Indo - European form .
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But even as this partly Italic character of the culture has prompted some to declare Etruscan civilization as wholly native , so the overemphasis on undoubtedly recognizable Indo - European features in the language , together with ...
But even as this partly Italic character of the culture has prompted some to declare Etruscan civilization as wholly native , so the overemphasis on undoubtedly recognizable Indo - European features in the language , together with ...
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discussed in Chapter XIV , but rather to the evidence we possess , I must speak of Ligurian as an Indo - European dialect , for the records , however deficient , seem unambiguous enough on that score . But it is also certain that the ...
discussed in Chapter XIV , but rather to the evidence we possess , I must speak of Ligurian as an Indo - European dialect , for the records , however deficient , seem unambiguous enough on that score . But it is also certain that the ...
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