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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 41
... United States , but with wages for workers at one - fourth , and lower , of those in the United States , no relief can be expected by the natural play of the market . Now that the population of Italy is steadily increasing whereas ...
... United States , but with wages for workers at one - fourth , and lower , of those in the United States , no relief can be expected by the natural play of the market . Now that the population of Italy is steadily increasing whereas ...
Pagina 45
... united by the ancient Romans , it was occupied by speakers of a great variety of dialects mostly un- intelligible to one another , that the Romans never really forced anyone to learn the Latin of Rome , that after the fall of the Roman ...
... united by the ancient Romans , it was occupied by speakers of a great variety of dialects mostly un- intelligible to one another , that the Romans never really forced anyone to learn the Latin of Rome , that after the fall of the Roman ...
Pagina 331
... United States , for example . In large part this differ- ence is due to the fact that assimilation and absorption of the foreign element is a declared policy and governmental philosophy in the United States , which was not at all true ...
... United States , for example . In large part this differ- ence is due to the fact that assimilation and absorption of the foreign element is a declared policy and governmental philosophy in the United States , which was not at all true ...
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