Table of Contents

1. Editor and contributing authors; 2. 1. Introduction: Conceptual and methodological issues in areal linguistics (by Muysken, Pieter); 3. 2. The problem of the Caucasian Sprachbund. (by Chirikba, Viacheslav); 4. 3. East Nusantara as a linguistic area (by Klamer, Marian A.F.); 5. 4. The Guapore-Mamore region as a linguistic area (by Crevels, Mily); 6. 5. An integrated areal-typological approach: Local convergence and morphosyntactic features in the Balkan Sprachbund (by Miseska Tomic, Olga); 7. 6. Zhuang: A Tai language with some Sinitic characteristics. Postverbal 'can' in Zhuang, Cantonese, Vietnamese and Lao (by Sybesma, Rint); 8. Language index; 9. Author index; 10. Subject index; 11. Place index