Standard Average European
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standard-average-european-224-3304967
title:
Standard Average European
text:
Standard Average European (SAE) is a concept introduced in 1939 by American linguist Benjamin Whorf to group the modern Indo-European languages of Europe with shared common features. Whorf argued that the SAE languages were characterized by a number of similarities, including syntax and grammar, vocabulary and its use, as well as the relationship between contrasting words and their origins, idioms, and word order, which all made them stand out from many other language groups around the world whi
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Linguistic category tracking areal features of European languages
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Average_European
date created:
2006-12-03T20:54:07Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T14:58:37Z
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