California linguistic area
E73824
The California linguistic area is a region of North America where diverse indigenous languages, including the Utian family, share convergent structural features due to long-term contact and diffusion.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sprachbund
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linguistic area → |
| continent | North America → |
| country |
United States of America
→
surface form: "United States"
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| distinctFrom |
Great Basin linguistic area
→
Mesoamerican linguistic area → Pacific Northwest →
surface form: "Pacific Northwest linguistic area"
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| hasCause |
long-term contact among indigenous groups
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multilingualism among indigenous communities → |
| hasConceptualOrigin | observation of areal patterns in California languages → |
| hasFeature |
areal convergence of morphological traits
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areal convergence of phonological traits → areal convergence of syntactic traits → complex verbal morphology in many languages → diffusion of grammatical patterns across language families → extensive lexical borrowing among neighboring languages → frequent use of suffixing morphology → patterns of case-marking influenced by contact → relatively small phoneme inventories in many languages → shared discourse particles and evidentials in some languages → shared semantic calques across languages → shared structural features due to language contact → |
| hasReferenceWork | studies of California Indian languages → |
| hasTemporalExtent | pre-contact period to present → |
| hasTypeOfContact |
intermarriage-related language contact
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ritual and ceremonial language contact → trade-related language contact → |
| includesLanguageFamily |
Costanoan languages
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Hokan languages → Maiduan languages → Miwok languages → Penutian languages → Pomoan languages → Utian languages → Uto-Aztecan →
surface form: "Uto-Aztecan languages"
Wintuan languages → Yokutsan languages →
surface form: "Yokuts languages"
Yuman language family →
surface form: "Yuman languages"
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| influences | structural similarity among unrelated languages in California → |
| involvesPopulation | indigenous peoples of California → |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
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surface form: "California"
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| studiedInField |
Native American linguistics
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areal linguistics → historical linguistics → |
Referenced by (5)
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