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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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Some say that the Greek now used in these villages goes back to the settlements
of Byzantine Greeks in the early Middle Ages ; " others insist that it is a direct
continuation of the Greek spoken in Magna Graecia of pre - Roman days .
Some say that the Greek now used in these villages goes back to the settlements
of Byzantine Greeks in the early Middle Ages ; " others insist that it is a direct
continuation of the Greek spoken in Magna Graecia of pre - Roman days .
Pagina 351
But Cato himself in the end learned the Greek language and occupied himself
like all other Roman gentlemen with Greek literature , and the law to whose
enactment the Senate had been prodded by Cato and perhaps some committee
on un ...
But Cato himself in the end learned the Greek language and occupied himself
like all other Roman gentlemen with Greek literature , and the law to whose
enactment the Senate had been prodded by Cato and perhaps some committee
on un ...
Pagina 359
25 into a language which was “ a blend of colloquial speech with the archaic
forms of the religious carmina and the formulae of the law , embellished with
native cosmetics , with the lumina of Greek rhetoric , and the flowers of
contemporary ...
25 into a language which was “ a blend of colloquial speech with the archaic
forms of the religious carmina and the formulae of the law , embellished with
native cosmetics , with the lumina of Greek rhetoric , and the flowers of
contemporary ...
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| Titolo | The Tongues of Italy: Prehistory and History |
| Autore | Ernst Pulgram |
| Edizione | illustrata, ristampa, riveduta |
| Editore | Harvard University Press, 1958 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | la University of California |
| Digitalizzato | 4 mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0837124387, 9780837124384 |
| Lunghezza | 465 pagine |
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