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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 145
... words with Proto - Indo - European words and to base thereon con- clusions concerning the Proto - Indo - European Urvolk or Urheimat . Yet this is precisely what has often been done , indeed it seems the favorite method of inquiry . For ...
... words with Proto - Indo - European words and to base thereon con- clusions concerning the Proto - Indo - European Urvolk or Urheimat . Yet this is precisely what has often been done , indeed it seems the favorite method of inquiry . For ...
Pagina 147
... words cognate with French prêtre and évêque , ' priest ' and ' bishop , ' the Latins were Christians ; also words cognate with French bière , tabac , café are common Rom- anic , evoking a picture of Caesar's soldiers guzzling beer and ...
... words cognate with French prêtre and évêque , ' priest ' and ' bishop , ' the Latins were Christians ; also words cognate with French bière , tabac , café are common Rom- anic , evoking a picture of Caesar's soldiers guzzling beer and ...
Pagina 159
... word steps promptly in as deputy . With words ' t is excellent disputing ; Systems to words ' t is easy suiting ; Ón words ' t is excellent believing ; No word can ever lose a jot from thieving . because the inhabitants of Italy ...
... word steps promptly in as deputy . With words ' t is excellent disputing ; Systems to words ' t is easy suiting ; Ón words ' t is excellent believing ; No word can ever lose a jot from thieving . because the inhabitants of Italy ...
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