Integration of European Language Research

The principal aim of this volume is to inform the reader about recent developments in a new branch of language research called "Eurolinguistics." In the days of eastward enlargement of the European Union, the integration of linguistic research across national borders is running parallel with political integration. In linguistics as in politics, Europe constitutes a unity not divided by national borders. This is the second volume in The Studies in Eurolinguistics, a collection of papers presented at three different symposia in the period between 2001 and 2003. This integration of European language research has given rise to several new terms: for example, Eurolinguistics North' in this volume by N. Scandinavia (Winsa and Lauren) and Eurolinguistics West' comprising here the Isle of Skye (M uller); North Frisland (Hey); S. Germany (Meng); N. Germany (Kremer); Alsatia (Ph. Elsass) and Switzerland (Albrecht).Contributions on Russia (Voronkova); the Baltic States (Balode, Protassova, Ureland and Voronkova); Ingermanland (De Geer); Karelia and the Ukraine (Pugh) and the Volga-Kama area (Deltcheva-Kampf) rank as Eurolinguistics East' and Eurolinguistics North East' respectively. Contributions from south of the Alps are Eurolinguistics South' -- South Tyrol (Bernard) -- and Adriatic Sea Region (Browne, Kusmenko, Brozovic-Roncevic, Skracic, Filipi, Muljacic, Jutronic, Socanac, Muhvic-Dimanovski) and Eurolinguistics South-East' respectively.