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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... whole length of the Italian boot , from the straps to the tip of the toe . Although the whole mass is geologically neither uniform nor of equal age , it presents the appearance of a continuous unit , but without a unique principal ...
... whole length of the Italian boot , from the straps to the tip of the toe . Although the whole mass is geologically neither uniform nor of equal age , it presents the appearance of a continuous unit , but without a unique principal ...
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... whole linear and evolu- tionary , the migrating body of newcomers , if any , is small . In such a case I shall speak of spread by infiltration . But if the cultural conversion is abrupt , rapid , destructive of the old culture , if the ...
... whole linear and evolu- tionary , the migrating body of newcomers , if any , is small . In such a case I shall speak of spread by infiltration . But if the cultural conversion is abrupt , rapid , destructive of the old culture , if the ...
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... whole question , then , comes really to this : Did Italic and Latinian , after their departure from the Danube lands , come to Italy by way of Switzerland , Austria , and northern Yugoslavia , like the northern Indo - European dialects ...
... whole question , then , comes really to this : Did Italic and Latinian , after their departure from the Danube lands , come to Italy by way of Switzerland , Austria , and northern Yugoslavia , like the northern Indo - European dialects ...
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