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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 305
... success stories of the first century after Christ ( reported with tongue in cheek by Petronius in a novel entitled Satyricon ) is that of the freedman Trimalchio , told by the hero himself at a blatantly sumptuous dinner party , the ...
... success stories of the first century after Christ ( reported with tongue in cheek by Petronius in a novel entitled Satyricon ) is that of the freedman Trimalchio , told by the hero himself at a blatantly sumptuous dinner party , the ...
Pagina 331
... successful artists , that is , persons otherwise socially acceptable in any event . But it is equally true that an Oscan brogue in Rome and an Irish brogue in Boston are more studiously avoided and more discriminated against on the Hill ...
... successful artists , that is , persons otherwise socially acceptable in any event . But it is equally true that an Oscan brogue in Rome and an Irish brogue in Boston are more studiously avoided and more discriminated against on the Hill ...
Pagina 375
... success and duration of their occupation , that the Langobards were numerically stronger than the preceding Ostrogoths and these again stronger than the earlier Visigoths . But nothing certain can be said about this . Most likely ...
... success and duration of their occupation , that the Langobards were numerically stronger than the preceding Ostrogoths and these again stronger than the earlier Visigoths . But nothing certain can be said about this . Most likely ...
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