LL-L "Language varieties" 2004.05.16 (03) [E]

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From: Lee Goldberg <leybl_goldberg at yahoo.com>
Subject: Linguistic Boundaries and Political Borders

What I had in mind was the Southern boundary of the Low Saxon region: what
political borders (if any) helped keep Low German separate from High?  (Did
the Benrather Line correspond with any borders between medieval states?)

Lee

Lee wrote:
(I think I've heard a similar story told about the historical borders
of Saxony helping to maintain language boundaries in Germany.  Is that
right?)

Reinhard/Ron wrote:
I'm not totally sure I get what you are asking, but perhaps the
following is
something along the same lines.

The eastern part of the Saxon- (and German-) speaking area has a more
or less strong Slavonic substrate

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