What is it about?
Space is seen as one of the basic domains of conceptualization and therefore spatial reference provides an exemplary approach for investigation at the semantic level.
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Why is it important?
It is widely agreed that Mainland Southeast Asia forms a linguistic area or Sprachbund Linguistic areas are traditionally described as a group of languages which show a significant amount of parallels on the morphological, phonetic, and structural levels developed during long-term contact even though they are belonging to different language families.
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The semantic level as a criterion for linguistic areas is underexplored. This research analyzes further opportunities for studying linguistic areas identifying a significant number of parallels and conceptual borrowings of the semantic value of static spatial reference.
PD Dr Stefanie Siebenhütter
Johannes Gutenberg Universitat Mainz
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This page is a summary of: Study of Linguistic Areas: Evidence from Cultural Words, Semantic Maps, and Spatial Reference in Southeast Asia, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-73400-2_83-1.
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