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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 135
... perhaps from the Balkan penin- sula by crossing the Adriatic Sea . There is overwhelming evidence that the Aegean and Mediterranean route was , at least until the arrival of Iron Age invaders on the southern shores of the Balkan ...
... perhaps from the Balkan penin- sula by crossing the Adriatic Sea . There is overwhelming evidence that the Aegean and Mediterranean route was , at least until the arrival of Iron Age invaders on the southern shores of the Balkan ...
Pagina 222
... perhaps the vast popular urn- field cemeteries in which every burial takes so little space and where some ' democratic ' idea seems to have prevailed , are those of well - to - do persons , of warriors , of aristocrats , whereas the ...
... perhaps the vast popular urn- field cemeteries in which every burial takes so little space and where some ' democratic ' idea seems to have prevailed , are those of well - to - do persons , of warriors , of aristocrats , whereas the ...
Pagina 227
... perhaps upon Northern Villanovan , Latin on Latian ( a mere onomastic equation here , unless Latian is of the Southern Villanovan variety ) ; for Messapic we do not know the Iron Age culture upon which it grew , nor for Siculan , except ...
... perhaps upon Northern Villanovan , Latin on Latian ( a mere onomastic equation here , unless Latian is of the Southern Villanovan variety ) ; for Messapic we do not know the Iron Age culture upon which it grew , nor for Siculan , except ...
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