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Published April 29, 2001 | Version v1
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The European linguistic area: Standard Average European

  • 1. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

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This paper presents evidence for the claim that the European languages show so mich areal convergence that they can be considered a linguistic area, just like Balkan or Mesoamerican languages are usually regarded as a linguistic area (or Sprachbund).

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