The East Baltic languages are well known for their conservative phonology as compared to other Indo-European languages, which has led to a stereotype that the B

The area around the Baltic Sea has for millennia been a meeting-place for people of different origins. Among the circum-Baltic languages, we find three major br

This book traces the spread of the perfect tense across Europe, demonstrating the crucial role of language contact.

The second edition of the definitive reference on contact studies and linguistic change—provides extensive new research and original case studies Language con