TY - BOOK ID - 1621632 TI - The changing languages of Europe AU - Heine, Bernd AU - Kuteva, Tania PY - 2006 SN - 0199297339 0199297347 9780199297337 9780199297344 1435623673 9786611155186 0191538116 1281155187 0191711225 PB - Oxford Oxford University Press DB - UniCat KW - Historical linguistics KW - Dialectology KW - Europe KW - Areal linguistics. KW - Linguistic change. KW - Typology (Linguistics). KW - Languages. KW - 800 <09> KW - Taalwetenschap. Taalkunde. Linguistiek--Geschiedenis van ... KW - Typology (Linguistics) KW - Europa KW - Taaltypologie KW - Taalverandering KW - Vergelijkende en algemene grammatica KW - talen KW - 800 <09> Taalwetenschap. Taalkunde. Linguistiek--Geschiedenis van ... KW - Taaltypologie. KW - Taalverandering. KW - Vergelijkende en algemene grammatica. KW - talen. KW - Areal linguistics KW - Linguistic change KW - Grammar, Comparative and general KW - Language and languages KW - Linguistic typology KW - Linguistics KW - Linguistic universals KW - Change, Linguistic KW - Language change KW - Area linguistics KW - Geolinguistics KW - Taalwetenschap. Taalkunde. Linguistiek--Geschiedenis van .. KW - Typology KW - Classification KW - Taalwetenschap. Taalkunde. Linguistiek--Geschiedenis van . KW - Taalwetenschap. Taalkunde. Linguistiek--Geschiedenis van UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1621632 AB - 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, how, and why common grammatical structures have evolved and continue to evolve in processes of change that will transform the linguistic landsca ER -