Victor A. Friedman is Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the Department of Linguistics, University of Chicago and Honorary Associate at La Trobe University. Notable publications include Turkish in Macedonia and Beyond (2003), Studies on Albanian and Other Balkan Languages (2008), and Macedonian Studies II (2015). Brian D. Joseph is Distinguished University Professor of Linguistics and The Kenneth E. Naylor Professor of South Slavic Linguistics at The Ohio State University. Notable publications include The Synchrony and Diachrony of the Balkan Infinitive (1983), Morphology and Universals in Syntactic Change (1990) and Albano-Balkanological Observations (2020).

'This groundbreaking, data-rich handbook on Balkan linguistics is the first to appear in English and utilize socially anchored historical linguistics to account for Sprachbund phenomena. This is an immensely readable book whose chapters can be read independently of one another making it useful as a reference, textbook, as well as an indispensable resource for any scholars interested in historical and areal linguistics, typology and Sprachbund phenomena.' Grace Fielder, Professor Emerita, Russian & Slavic Studies, University of Arizona

• Preface; Acknowledgements; User's guide to this book; Introduction; 1. The Balkan Peninsula and its languages; 2. History of Balkan linguistics; 3. Concepts, theories, methods; 4. The Lexicon; 5. Phonology; 6. Morphology and morphosyntax: the fate of inflection and the formation of paradigms; 7. Syntax; 8. Conclusion: summation, causation and the future (and some definitional issues); Envoi.

Victor A. Friedman is Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the Department of Linguistics, University of Chicago and Honorary Associate at La Trobe University. Notable publications include Turkish in Macedonia and Beyond (2003), Studies on Albanian and Other Balkan Languages (2008), and Macedonian Studies II (2015). Brian D. Joseph is Distinguished University Professor of Linguistics and The Kenneth E. Naylor Professor of South Slavic Linguistics at The Ohio State University. Notable publications include The Synchrony and Diachrony of the Balkan Infinitive (1983), Morphology and Universals in Syntactic Change (1990) and Albano-Balkanological Observations (2020).

'This groundbreaking, data-rich handbook on Balkan linguistics is the first to appear in English and utilize socially anchored historical linguistics to account for Sprachbund phenomena. This is an immensely readable book whose chapters can be read independently of one another making it useful as a reference, textbook, as well as an indispensable resource for any scholars interested in historical and areal linguistics, typology and Sprachbund phenomena.' Grace Fielder, Professor Emerita, Russian & Slavic Studies, University of Arizona

• Preface; Acknowledgements; User's guide to this book; Introduction; 1. The Balkan Peninsula and its languages; 2. History of Balkan linguistics; 3. Concepts, theories, methods; 4. The Lexicon; 5. Phonology; 6. Morphology and morphosyntax: the fate of inflection and the formation of paradigms; 7. Syntax; 8. Conclusion: summation, causation and the future (and some definitional issues); Envoi.

Victor A. Friedman is Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the Department of Linguistics, University of Chicago and Honorary Associate at La Trobe University. Notable publications include Turkish in Macedonia and Beyond (2003), Studies on Albanian and Other Balkan Languages (2008), and Macedonian Studies II (2015). Brian D. Joseph is Distinguished University Professor of Linguistics and The Kenneth E. Naylor Professor of South Slavic Linguistics at The Ohio State University. Notable publications include The Synchrony and Diachrony of the Balkan Infinitive (1983), Morphology and Universals in Syntactic Change (1990) and Albano-Balkanological Observations (2020).

'This groundbreaking, data-rich handbook on Balkan linguistics is the first to appear in English and utilize socially anchored historical linguistics to account for Sprachbund phenomena. This is an immensely readable book whose chapters can be read independently of one another making it useful as a reference, textbook, as well as an indispensable resource for any scholars interested in historical and areal linguistics, typology and Sprachbund phenomena.' Grace Fielder, Professor Emerita, Russian & Slavic Studies, University of Arizona

• Preface; Acknowledgements; User's guide to this book; Introduction; 1. The Balkan Peninsula and its languages; 2. History of Balkan linguistics; 3. Concepts, theories, methods; 4. The Lexicon; 5. Phonology; 6. Morphology and morphosyntax: the fate of inflection and the formation of paradigms; 7. Syntax; 8. Conclusion: summation, causation and the future (and some definitional issues); Envoi.