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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 80
... spread by migration of the bearers of a culture , the appearance alone of a cultural change in a given area will give hardly an indication of the intensity and duration of the migration , or on the size of the migrating body . I venture ...
... spread by migration of the bearers of a culture , the appearance alone of a cultural change in a given area will give hardly an indication of the intensity and duration of the migration , or on the size of the migrating body . I venture ...
Pagina 82
... spread like other cultural items : Roman legionnaires brought dozens of non - Italian cults home with them from various theaters of war , and missionaries carried , sometimes singlehanded like Saint Patrick , Christianity to the ...
... spread like other cultural items : Roman legionnaires brought dozens of non - Italian cults home with them from various theaters of war , and missionaries carried , sometimes singlehanded like Saint Patrick , Christianity to the ...
Pagina 153
... spread of Indo - European languages , it seems to me , is the one already proffered , in passing , to illuminate the spread of Indo - European dialects in Italy . Namely , that a few speakers at a time move beyond the original dialect ...
... spread of Indo - European languages , it seems to me , is the one already proffered , in passing , to illuminate the spread of Indo - European dialects in Italy . Namely , that a few speakers at a time move beyond the original dialect ...
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