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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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Preface It may seem audacious for a linguist to wander so far outside of his
domain as I have done in this book , and for ... If nonetheless I have undertaken
to do so , it is because I felt that such a unified linguistic history of Italy , which
now ...
Preface It may seem audacious for a linguist to wander so far outside of his
domain as I have done in this book , and for ... If nonetheless I have undertaken
to do so , it is because I felt that such a unified linguistic history of Italy , which
now ...
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linguistic , racial , and cultural origins , spread , and changes can be postulated a
priori , but that each instance has to be probed on its own terms , on the basis of
whatever records are available . It is , of course , very tempting to combine this ...
linguistic , racial , and cultural origins , spread , and changes can be postulated a
priori , but that each instance has to be probed on its own terms , on the basis of
whatever records are available . It is , of course , very tempting to combine this ...
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Obviously this is , or should be , a purely linguistic denomination , signifying no
more than speakers of Proto - Latin . Now if the linguist interested in some kind of
cultural or ethnic correlation turns to the palaeoethnologists for help , he will find
...
Obviously this is , or should be , a purely linguistic denomination , signifying no
more than speakers of Proto - Latin . Now if the linguist interested in some kind of
cultural or ethnic correlation turns to the palaeoethnologists for help , he will find
...
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