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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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Second ( though this is a point which Dante himself could hardly have perceived ) , in the history of a great number of languages out of whose dialects a literary standard was to emerge , the process never occurred as Dante envisioned ...
Second ( though this is a point which Dante himself could hardly have perceived ) , in the history of a great number of languages out of whose dialects a literary standard was to emerge , the process never occurred as Dante envisioned ...
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CHAPTER XXV The Literary Language In Chapter VI , I spoke of a literary language , modern Standard Italian , which is largely the Tuscan of Dante , augmented and changed by subsequent historic and linguistic developments .
CHAPTER XXV The Literary Language In Chapter VI , I spoke of a literary language , modern Standard Italian , which is largely the Tuscan of Dante , augmented and changed by subsequent historic and linguistic developments .
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All the more so because any literary endeavor , apart from ritual chants and possibly other occasional poetry , was completely absent . Whatever writing we have before the end of the third century B.c. is rough - hewn , uneven , laconic ...
All the more so because any literary endeavor , apart from ritual chants and possibly other occasional poetry , was completely absent . Whatever writing we have before the end of the third century B.c. is rough - hewn , uneven , laconic ...
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