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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 54
... appear to the critical eye of the linguist . First of all , as the heart of the artichoke is not a whole arti- choke , so a de - dialectalized language , incorporating only the com- mon denominator of all related dialects of a nation ...
... appear to the critical eye of the linguist . First of all , as the heart of the artichoke is not a whole arti- choke , so a de - dialectalized language , incorporating only the com- mon denominator of all related dialects of a nation ...
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... appear to Pisani , as to Kretschmer , more non - Indo - European than Indo - European , whereas Whatmough and Vetter would , cautiously , take the opposite view . It is obviously difficult to decide definitely the full truth of the ...
... appear to Pisani , as to Kretschmer , more non - Indo - European than Indo - European , whereas Whatmough and Vetter would , cautiously , take the opposite view . It is obviously difficult to decide definitely the full truth of the ...
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... appear in such divergent shapes , even in the records of a relatively late period , after the local idioms had already undergone a few centuries of convergent development . On the whole , the Italic dialects ( not tribes ! ) move ...
... appear in such divergent shapes , even in the records of a relatively late period , after the local idioms had already undergone a few centuries of convergent development . On the whole , the Italic dialects ( not tribes ! ) move ...
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