Guadalcanal linguistic area
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The Guadalcanal linguistic area is a region on the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands characterized by a cluster of related and interacting Oceanic languages that share common structural and lexical features.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sprachbund
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linguistic area ⓘ |
| hasCauseOfFormation | intensive intergroup contact ⓘ |
| hasCauseOfFormation | long-term multilingualism ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
areal diffusion of linguistic traits
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cluster of related Oceanic languages ⓘ intensive language contact ⓘ shared lexical features ⓘ shared structural features ⓘ |
| hasEthnolinguisticContext | communities on Guadalcanal island ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
areal convergence of possessive constructions
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areal convergence of pronominal systems ⓘ areal convergence of verbal morphology ⓘ areal convergence of word order patterns ⓘ contact-induced language change ⓘ lexical borrowing among member languages ⓘ morphosyntactic similarities among member languages ⓘ phonological similarities among member languages ⓘ shared basic vocabulary items ⓘ shared grammatical constructions ⓘ |
| hasGeographicalBasis | island of Guadalcanal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageFamily | Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageSubgroup | Southeast Solomonic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelationTo |
Guadalcanal Island communities
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Oceanic language family NERFINISHED ⓘ Solomon Islands languages ⓘ |
| hasResearchField |
Areal linguistics
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Oceanic linguistics NERFINISHED ⓘ contact linguistics ⓘ |
| hasScope |
lexical features of languages
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patterns of language contact ⓘ structural features of languages ⓘ |
| hasTemporalProperty | contemporary linguistic area ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfLanguages | Austronesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUnitOfAnalysis |
languages
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speech communities ⓘ |
| isStudiedIn |
areal typology
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comparative Oceanic linguistics ⓘ descriptive linguistics of Oceanic languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Guadalcanal
NERFINISHED
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Melanesia ⓘ Solomon Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwest Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Central Solomon Islands region
NERFINISHED
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Oceanic linguistic areas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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