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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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Yet if we classify these people , regardless of the species they may belong to (
and most of them certainly were not of the homo sapiens type ) as human beings
, at least as anthropoids , as we must since they possessed a human culture ...
Yet if we classify these people , regardless of the species they may belong to (
and most of them certainly were not of the homo sapiens type ) as human beings
, at least as anthropoids , as we must since they possessed a human culture ...
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discussed in Chapter XIV , but rather to the evidence we possess , I must speak
of Ligurian as an Indo - European dialect , for the records , however deficient ,
seem unambiguous enough on that score . But it is also certain that the Ligurian ...
discussed in Chapter XIV , but rather to the evidence we possess , I must speak
of Ligurian as an Indo - European dialect , for the records , however deficient ,
seem unambiguous enough on that score . But it is also certain that the Ligurian ...
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The answer must be , unfortunately , simple and brief enough , for we possess
little useful information . There can be no doubt that the language underwent a
number of changes . We know this for certain not only because that is the way of
...
The answer must be , unfortunately , simple and brief enough , for we possess
little useful information . There can be no doubt that the language underwent a
number of changes . We know this for certain not only because that is the way of
...
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