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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 81
... permanent transfer of population , a process which I shall call expansion by diffusion , it is scarcely possible to imagine the transfer of a whole language over a large area previously occupied by another lan- guage , by the same means ...
... permanent transfer of population , a process which I shall call expansion by diffusion , it is scarcely possible to imagine the transfer of a whole language over a large area previously occupied by another lan- guage , by the same means ...
Pagina 381
... permanent policy it was to increase their possessions and their in- fluence by restraining secular powers , be they Germanic con- querors , or Norman invaders , or Swabian emperors , from sub- jecting all of Italy and unifying it . This ...
... permanent policy it was to increase their possessions and their in- fluence by restraining secular powers , be they Germanic con- querors , or Norman invaders , or Swabian emperors , from sub- jecting all of Italy and unifying it . This ...
Pagina 382
... permanent Moslem settlements in strength or of civilian coloniza- tion . Accordingly , there is no reason to found a similar thesis upon the occurrence of Germanic local names . Moreover , apart from the Ostrogothic language known ...
... permanent Moslem settlements in strength or of civilian coloniza- tion . Accordingly , there is no reason to found a similar thesis upon the occurrence of Germanic local names . Moreover , apart from the Ostrogothic language known ...
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