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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 149
... probably about 1800 B.C. from Central Europe by invaders of probably mixed white subracial composition . " 11 Not only is there no reason or need to assume that the speak- ers of Proto - Indo - European belonged to a single race , but ...
... probably about 1800 B.C. from Central Europe by invaders of probably mixed white subracial composition . " 11 Not only is there no reason or need to assume that the speak- ers of Proto - Indo - European belonged to a single race , but ...
Pagina 171
... probably from the third century B.C. , but all of which render most likely an older form of speech ( in the manner of ritual texts and ritual language of all ages and lands ) . When ethnologists and ethnolinguists use the term , Umbrian ...
... probably from the third century B.C. , but all of which render most likely an older form of speech ( in the manner of ritual texts and ritual language of all ages and lands ) . When ethnologists and ethnolinguists use the term , Umbrian ...
Pagina 385
... probably greater measure to the absence of a written standard Langobard language . As I have remarked repeatedly , the creation of a writ- ten language is an act of cultural standardization that requires strong personal or political ...
... probably greater measure to the absence of a written standard Langobard language . As I have remarked repeatedly , the creation of a writ- ten language is an act of cultural standardization that requires strong personal or political ...
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