The Linguistic Case for the Aiolian Migration Reconsidered.

Ascribing the presence of speakers of Lesbian in the northeast Aegean during historical times to the migration of Aiolian tribes from mainland Greece receives no support from linguistics. Migration is not the only or even primary way in which languages and dialects may spread. Moreover, on reexamina...

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Published in:	Hesperia Vol. 77; no. 3; pp. 431 - 465
Main Author:	Parker, Holt N
Format:	Article
Published:	American School of Classical Studies at Athens Jul2008
Subjects:	Greek language Indo-European languages Greek language, Hellenistic (300 B.C.-600 A.D.) Dialects Linguistic geography Emigration & immigration Thessali Greece
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