TY  - BOOK
AU  - Heine,Bernd
AU  - Kuteva,Tania
TI  - The changing languages of Europe
T2  - Oxford linguistics
SN  - 0199297339
AV  - P380 .H38 2006
U1  - 409.4 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Areal linguistics
KW  - Linguistic change
KW  - Typology (Linguistics)
KW  - Europe
KW  - Languages
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-323) and index; Europe as a Linguistic Area -- Grammatical Replication -- The Rise of Articles -- The Rise of Possessive Perfects -- From Comitative to Instrumental Forms -- From Question to Subordination -- Europes Periphery
N2  - "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 unifyingprocess involves every grammatical aspect of the languages and operates through changes so minute that native speakers fail to notice them. The authors reveal when, how, and why common grammatical structures have evolved and continue to evolve in processes of change that will transform thelinguistic landscape of Europe."--Publisher description
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0726/2006016458-b.html
ER  -