The Tongues of Italy: Prehistory and HistoryThrough the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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Transferring these characteristics onto the linguistic plane , we may assume that they probably spoke , and taught the natives , a more popular , slangy type of Latin , possibly one also richer in foreign expressions and borrowing which ...
Transferring these characteristics onto the linguistic plane , we may assume that they probably spoke , and taught the natives , a more popular , slangy type of Latin , possibly one also richer in foreign expressions and borrowing which ...
Pagina 331
In large part this difference is due to the fact that assimilation and absorption of the foreign element is a declared policy and governmental philosophy in the United States , which was not at all true of Rome , and in a perhaps ...
In large part this difference is due to the fact that assimilation and absorption of the foreign element is a declared policy and governmental philosophy in the United States , which was not at all true of Rome , and in a perhaps ...
Pagina 388
... will not again be faced with any struggle for survival against foreign intruders . The Latin inheritance , but slightly and externally affected by German imports , will evenly and idly evolve into the Italian dialects . Part Eight .
... will not again be faced with any struggle for survival against foreign intruders . The Latin inheritance , but slightly and externally affected by German imports , will evenly and idly evolve into the Italian dialects . Part Eight .
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