Genesis and Evolution of the Romance-Germanic Language Border in Europe
Luc Van Durme
After a discussion of the various language border theories for Belgian-Northern French area, status quaestionis summarises results 40 years' research into development Romance-Germanic at large. Not prehistoric Celtic-Germanic, but late Roman Latin-Germanic opposition has functioned as direct predisposition early medieval border. In last section microtoponymy is considered promising approach future investigation.
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development