Standard Average European: The European Sprachbund

This video is all about the linguistic features Standard Average European!

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Sources for this video include:

*** The European linguistic area: Standard Average European (2001). Martin Haspelmath. https://www.academia.edu/14733499/The...

“Irregularities in Modern English” by Hans Fried Nielsen. 162-164.

“Adverbial Constructions in the Languages of Europe” edited by Johan van der Auwera.

The following images are used under Creative Commons Sharealike license:

Languages of Europe https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi.... Author: Andre nacu at English Wikipedia.

German definite article declension: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi.... Author: Fauban.

Invasions of the Roman Empire 1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi.... Author: Mapmaster.

Music:
Intro: "Awaken" by Anno Domini Beats.
Outro: "Not Too Cray" by Huma-Huma.