{"product_id":"tuscan-and-etruscan","title":"Tuscan and Etruscan","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Italian spoken in most of Tuscany is characterized by a number of peculiar pronunciations which for over half a century Romance scholars have explained by a theory of linguistic substratum influence. This theory postulates that present-day Tuscan pronunciation is a survival of the 'foreign accent' with which the ancient Etruscans must have spoken Latin when Rome first began to extend its power and language over the rest of Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProfessor Izzo has undertaken a new and thorough investigation of modern Tuscan pronunciation, disproving this hypothesis and providing a definitive conclusion to the debate. He delineates clearly the errors in reasoning of those who trace the Tuscan pronunciation to an Etruscan influence, and presents his conclusions objectively.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis study will interest Romance linguists, especially historians of the Italian language; but it will also interest historical linguists in general, for by disproving one of the most plausible and best-documented cases of alleged substratum influence, it casts doubt on many other cases where such influence has been claimed with little evidence. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Herbert J. Izzo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43575576723638,"sku":"9781487591960","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781487591960_ea304725-fe31-48b2-b0e5-dfe4deb8dcab.jpg?v=1727460223","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/tuscan-and-etruscan","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}