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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... political unity and reality , governed by the Italians as a nation , until 1870.11 But , despite this lack of political meaning , the name Italy was generally known and used throughout these centuries to describe the total area of the ...
... political unity and reality , governed by the Italians as a nation , until 1870.11 But , despite this lack of political meaning , the name Italy was generally known and used throughout these centuries to describe the total area of the ...
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... political , intellectual , and artistic center of the land came into being and whence Castilian derived its dom- inance over the other dialects of Spain . Compare this with Germany where , although the country as a whole labored long ...
... political , intellectual , and artistic center of the land came into being and whence Castilian derived its dom- inance over the other dialects of Spain . Compare this with Germany where , although the country as a whole labored long ...
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... political evolution Rome differed fundamentally from Greece . While the Greeks produced a Homer and a number of great poets and writers , and enjoyed a literary education , long before the political flourishing of their city - states ...
... political evolution Rome differed fundamentally from Greece . While the Greeks produced a Homer and a number of great poets and writers , and enjoyed a literary education , long before the political flourishing of their city - states ...
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