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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 46
... example , the entries in the Linguistic Atlas of the United States with those of the Sprach - und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz , one won- ders whether the word dialect has really been employed unambig- uously and in the same ...
... example , the entries in the Linguistic Atlas of the United States with those of the Sprach - und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz , one won- ders whether the word dialect has really been employed unambig- uously and in the same ...
Pagina 145
... example , since a number of Indo - European languages have recorded cognate words for ' birch ' and ' beech ' 5 Proto - Indo- European must have been at home , it was said , in an area in which birches and beeches thrived . If one ...
... example , since a number of Indo - European languages have recorded cognate words for ' birch ' and ' beech ' 5 Proto - Indo- European must have been at home , it was said , in an area in which birches and beeches thrived . If one ...
Pagina 315
... example , " Ah sho ' do lahk that li'l ol ' b'ar " ( and perhaps few writers would go that far ) , an American ( though possibly not a British ) reader will understand it to mean " I sure do like that little old bear . " If , in ...
... example , " Ah sho ' do lahk that li'l ol ' b'ar " ( and perhaps few writers would go that far ) , an American ( though possibly not a British ) reader will understand it to mean " I sure do like that little old bear . " If , in ...
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