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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... effect , of small account ( although Italy produces one fourth of the world's yield of olive oil ) , but mainly because oil is , unlike wine , nutritive and cheap food , so that even home consumption has considerable beneficial effects ...
... effect , of small account ( although Italy produces one fourth of the world's yield of olive oil ) , but mainly because oil is , unlike wine , nutritive and cheap food , so that even home consumption has considerable beneficial effects ...
Pagina 183
... effect that , while " the Etruscan people is not a ' primitive people of Italy ' " it is , as a nation , formed out of " the meeting and the mixture of independent elements which tend · · ' Because of the existence of such nuances the ...
... effect that , while " the Etruscan people is not a ' primitive people of Italy ' " it is , as a nation , formed out of " the meeting and the mixture of independent elements which tend · · ' Because of the existence of such nuances the ...
Pagina 229
... effect that " the prehistory of the Italici does not begin therefore with a hypothetic breaking up of the Italico - Latini after they had been for a long time far from their original seats , but in the heart of the still united Indo ...
... effect that " the prehistory of the Italici does not begin therefore with a hypothetic breaking up of the Italico - Latini after they had been for a long time far from their original seats , but in the heart of the still united Indo ...
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