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1. Volscian Language

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   Calques and Semantic Drift
   Lexical analysis suggests a significant semantic pressure exerted by the surrounding Latin population, resulting in numerous instances of "calque-by-reversal," where a Volscian term was adopted into Latin, but with an opposite meaning. The Volscian word for 'fortress' (oppa), for instance, is reconstructed to have meant 'open, defenseless field' in its ear…