How Old Are the River Names of Europe? A Glottochronological Approach
The names of large rivers are among the diachronically most stable of all words. The present glottochronological study aims to quantify the lexical preservation rate of this set of words, more specifically of the names of the largest rivers of Europe. 210 river names are taken into consideration. Th...
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Bern Open Publishing
2011-03-01
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| Series: | Linguistik Online |
| Online Access: | https://bop.unibe.ch/linguistik-online/article/view/1749 |