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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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Pagina 95
And it is not long before man learns that this very peculiar stone can be smelted
and poured into molds to result in more varied and intricate , more easily
produced and more serviceable shapes , and that in a liquid state it can be
alloyed with ...
And it is not long before man learns that this very peculiar stone can be smelted
and poured into molds to result in more varied and intricate , more easily
produced and more serviceable shapes , and that in a liquid state it can be
alloyed with ...
Pagina 117
30 We are by now familiar with this facile hybridization of ethnic , cultural , and
linguistic evidence , which piles one hypothesis on the other and arrives at
completely illusory results . A number of scholars did in fact reject the whole
supposition ...
30 We are by now familiar with this facile hybridization of ethnic , cultural , and
linguistic evidence , which piles one hypothesis on the other and arrives at
completely illusory results . A number of scholars did in fact reject the whole
supposition ...
Pagina 280
I have already said that we can see the Latinization of Italy mainly in its result
rather than its progress , although one may describe the conditions and vehicles
through which the result was achieved . There is , however , a way of discerning
in ...
I have already said that we can see the Latinization of Italy mainly in its result
rather than its progress , although one may describe the conditions and vehicles
through which the result was achieved . There is , however , a way of discerning
in ...
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