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linguistic area: a standalone construct

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Linguistic typology

region in which genetically unrelated or distantly related languages share structural features through prolonged contact rather than common descent.

In linguistic typology, linguistic area refers to region in which genetically unrelated or distantly related languages share structural features through prolonged contact rather than common descent. This meaning comes from Emeneau (1956) in Language.[1]

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contact2 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs descent3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs share2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs

References

Emeneau, M. B. (1956). India as a Linguistic Area. Language, 32(1), 3-16. https://doi.org/10.2307/410649

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