The Changing Languages of Europe

by Tania Kuteva and Bernd Heine

Book Overview

This book shows that the languages and dialects of Europe are becoming increasingly alike and furthermore that this unifying process goes back to Roman times, is accelerating, and affects every European language including those of different families such as Basque and Finnish. The unifying process involves every grammatical aspect of the languages and operates through changes so minute that native speakers fail to notice them. The authors reveal when,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199297339
• ISBN13: 9780199297337
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"