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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 55
... social prestige to the latter . Hence it is generally taught and used in the schools ( ex- cept in German Switzerland where the use of Swiss German , unin- telligible to users of other kinds of German dialects , bears no social stigma ...
... social prestige to the latter . Hence it is generally taught and used in the schools ( ex- cept in German Switzerland where the use of Swiss German , unin- telligible to users of other kinds of German dialects , bears no social stigma ...
Pagina 275
... social reforms , colonies served a prevalently military purpose and were established as garrisons in newly conquered ... social type . Before Marius , only citizens of a certain income , that is , social position , could afford to serve ...
... social reforms , colonies served a prevalently military purpose and were established as garrisons in newly conquered ... social type . Before Marius , only citizens of a certain income , that is , social position , could afford to serve ...
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... social élite of birth and wealth of Rome coincided with the élite of education which knew and used Classical Latin . It may be idle to speculate on what would have been the future of Classical Latin if it had rested on a broader social ...
... social élite of birth and wealth of Rome coincided with the élite of education which knew and used Classical Latin . It may be idle to speculate on what would have been the future of Classical Latin if it had rested on a broader social ...
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