{"product_id":"9781904799238","title":"From Latin to Italian: an historical outline of the phonology and morphology of the Italian language","description":"The present dialects of Italy are descendants of Latin. But in nearly all regions it was a Latin influenced in its vocabualry and pronunciation by the earlier linguistic habits of the populations that had adopted it. These peoples contain a strong admixture of Ligurian, Gallic, Illyrian, Greek and\u003cbr\u003ePhoenician nationalities, and of Italic tribes whose native tongue was related to Latin, for instance, Umbrian and Oscan.\u003cp\u003eProfessor Grandgent presents a fascinating account of the early development of the Italian language which will be of particular interest to linguists and medievalists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Hall Grandgent was a professor at Harvard from 1896 to 1932. He was highly regarded as a Romance linguist and authorityon Dante. He was also a leading expert on American English dialects.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tiger of the Stripe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039336710384,"sku":"9781904799238","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781904799238_p0.jpg?v=1763614129","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781904799238","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}