Conceptual Transfer as an Areal Factor
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Conceptual Transfer as an Areal Factor

Spatial Conceptualizations in Mainland Southeast Asia

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Conceptual Transfer as an Areal Factor

Spatial Conceptualizations in Mainland Southeast Asia

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By analyzing conceptual transfer this volume offers new insight in areal linguistics. Mainland Southeast Asia unifies great linguistic richness consisting of numerous languages and countless varieties of genetically diverse language families. Nevertheless, the area is known as a prime example for linguistic convergence. Exemplified by spatial reference in Thai, Khmer, Lao and Vietnamese, this study reveals conceptual borrowing due to language contact as an areal defining feature. The results from the field-based data analysis may help answer what extent cultural impact can be used as evidence for the existence of linguistic areas. A speaker's cultural background might have a stronger impact on the choice of spatial language encoding than expected. Method and structure of argumentation can provide a model for similar questions addressing the existence of linguistic areas as well as to other cognitive dimensions within the Southeast Asian area under consideration. Therefore, the study can be seen as a significant contribution to analyze possibly existing conceptual areas empirically and exemplarily. Additionally, the investigation can serve as an important complement to empirical assumptions of conceptual transfer.

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Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Year
2019
ISBN
9781501506642
Edition
1
Topic
Languages & Linguistics
Subtopic
Linguistics
Index
Languages & Linguistics

Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgments
  2. Contents
  3. Abbreviations
  4. Abstract
  5. 1. Encoding of spatial concepts on the Southeast Asian mainland
  6. 2. Mainland Southeast Asia – language area par excellence?
  7. 3. Factors for defining the ‘conceptual area’
  8. 4. Methods
  9. 5. Analyzing the encoding of static spatial notions in Southeast Asia
  10. 6. Analysis from an onomasiological perspective
  11. 7. Analysis of the semasiological perspective
  12. 8. Text data analysis
  13. 9. Mainland Southeast Asia-Sprachbund par excellence
  14. 10. Conclusion and outlook
  15. Appendix
  16. Maps
  17. Tables
  18. Figures
  19. References
  20. Index