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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 35
... final selection of the lucky candidates must be made by lot . It is necessary to mention one of the most serious causes of the decline of the economy in ancient and modern Italy , which is indeed at the bottom of much of Italy's misery ...
... final selection of the lucky candidates must be made by lot . It is necessary to mention one of the most serious causes of the decline of the economy in ancient and modern Italy , which is indeed at the bottom of much of Italy's misery ...
Pagina 65
... final attainment of Italian national unity in 1861. In the Promessi sposi , the description of Lombardy's plight under Spanish domination in the seventeenth century was but a thinly disguised lament over the province's con- temporary ...
... final attainment of Italian national unity in 1861. In the Promessi sposi , the description of Lombardy's plight under Spanish domination in the seventeenth century was but a thinly disguised lament over the province's con- temporary ...
Pagina 357
... problems . They could not for a start suddenly invent after centuries of neglect the terms in which these problems might have been properly posed . " B.C. and A.D. 100 , signals the final victory of THE LITERARY LANGUAGE 357.
... problems . They could not for a start suddenly invent after centuries of neglect the terms in which these problems might have been properly posed . " B.C. and A.D. 100 , signals the final victory of THE LITERARY LANGUAGE 357.
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