AW: English is a Scandinavian language?

[Alexander Bochkov]

I'd like to remind everyone that that word order, as Johanna Nichols puts
it, is "not particularly stable in families and highly susceptible to areal
spread" (Nichols 1992).

Best,

Alexander Bochkov

On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 2:53 AM, Johannes Reese <johannesreese at gmx.de>wrote:

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> >while old Saxon
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> >patterns with Old Low German and Gothic
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> Dear Jóhanna,
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> Just a little by-question: What is the difference between Old Saxon and
> Old Low German? Do you mean Old Low Franconian with the latter?
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> Regards,
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> Johannes Reese
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Alexander Bochkov
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