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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 81
... complete displacement of the primary one . Also , diffusion across a cultural- linguistic boundary is not potent enough a force to penetrate deeply into a foreign dialect area ; it may propel a number of items of linguistic inventory ...
... complete displacement of the primary one . Also , diffusion across a cultural- linguistic boundary is not potent enough a force to penetrate deeply into a foreign dialect area ; it may propel a number of items of linguistic inventory ...
Pagina 83
... complete congruence . A single type of speech may comprise several material cultures , and a single material cul- ture may have more than one linguistic vehicle . In scrutinizing the records linguists are naturally at a disadvan- tage ...
... complete congruence . A single type of speech may comprise several material cultures , and a single material cul- ture may have more than one linguistic vehicle . In scrutinizing the records linguists are naturally at a disadvan- tage ...
Pagina 99
... complete lack of any linguistic testimony , which will forever make it impossible to determine what kind of language they spoke . However , one can confidently say that the several groups of pal- aeolithic inhabitants of the Grimaldi ...
... complete lack of any linguistic testimony , which will forever make it impossible to determine what kind of language they spoke . However , one can confidently say that the several groups of pal- aeolithic inhabitants of the Grimaldi ...
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