A linguistic history of Venice.9788822256454 A linguistic history of Venice Venice is a city in Italy. It was also an independent republic from the late 8th century to 1792.
Ferguson, Ronnie. Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. S. Olschki Publishing 2007 320 pages $51.00 Paperback Biblioteca dell'; Archivum Romanicum, serie II, Linguistica; 57 PC1849 Ferguson (U. of St. Andrew) traces the Venetian dialect dialect, variety of a language used by a group of speakers within a particular speech community. Every individual speaks a variety of his language, termed an idiolect. of Italian, which he characterizes as ancient and persistent but never codified cod·i·fy tr.v. cod·i·fied, cod·i·fy·ing, cod·i·fies 1. To reduce to a code: codify laws. 2. To arrange or systematize. into an official or universal form. He begins by setting out the features that distinguish it from mainstream Italian today, then goes back to the earliest records, about 1200 AD, and follows the changes up to the present. No index is provided. The publisher in based in Florence, Italy and currently has no US distributor. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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