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Areal Linguistics: A Closer Scrutiny

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The goal of this chapter is to re-examine areal linguistics and in doing so to arrive at a clearer understanding of the notion of ‘linguistic area’. The conclusion reached is that it is individual historical events of diffusion that count, not the post hoc attempts to impose geographical order on varied conglomerations of these borrowings.

It is not down in any map; true places never are.’

(Herman Melville, Moby Dick)

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Campbell, L. (2006). Areal Linguistics: A Closer Scrutiny. In: Matras, Y., McMahon, A., Vincent, N. (eds) Linguistic Areas. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230287617_1

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