Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
Editor and Book Reviews Editor: John Edwards (St Francis Xavier University, Canada)
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Volume: 23 Number: 1 Page: 9–21
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Genesis and Evolution of the Romance-Germanic Language Border in Europe
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Luc Van Durme
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After a discussion of the various language border theories for the Belgian-Northern French area, a status quaestionis summarises the results of 40 years' research into the development of the Romance-Germanic
language border at large. Not a prehistoric Celtic-Germanic, but a late Roman Latin-Germanic opposition has functioned as a direct predisposition for the early medieval Romance-Germanic language border.
In the last section microtoponymy is considered a promising approach for future investigation.
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