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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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It surely can be said with full justification , and this is the measure of its futility ,
that this controversy carried on for centuries among the learned and pseudo -
learned has scarcely deflected the course of linguistic history in Italy . Previous
and ...
It surely can be said with full justification , and this is the measure of its futility ,
that this controversy carried on for centuries among the learned and pseudo -
learned has scarcely deflected the course of linguistic history in Italy . Previous
and ...
Pagina 74
8 Now concerning this brain whose small size was thought to harbor a primitive
mind and primitive language , experiments and measurements have recently
shown that the mere physical properties of the brain , its size , the number of ...
8 Now concerning this brain whose small size was thought to harbor a primitive
mind and primitive language , experiments and measurements have recently
shown that the mere physical properties of the brain , its size , the number of ...
Pagina 344
We shall have to examine in some detail why , when , and how a classical
standard was established , and why , when , and how Roman Latin of the two half
- centuries before and after the birth of Christ became the measure and the norm
of ...
We shall have to examine in some detail why , when , and how a classical
standard was established , and why , when , and how Roman Latin of the two half
- centuries before and after the birth of Christ became the measure and the norm
of ...
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