[Lingtyp] New name for "Mainland Northeast Asia"

[Hilario de Sousa]

I don't think it is the case that no one cares; I think it is more that it
is not easy to give the concept you have in mind an unproblematic name.

If I have understood you correctly, the core of the area that you have in
mind is the Eastern Steppe. Perhaps a name related to that?

Just a tangent thought: I have always thought of the area that you have put
"Outer Northeast Asia" across as more the periphery of the Mainland
Southeast Asia typological area than the periphery of the Eurasian Steppe
typological area. But your conception works too, I suppose. (I am using
"periphery" and giving hierarchy on purpose, given how typologically
abnormal Sinitic is.)

Hilário

On Sun, 3 Jan 2021 at 12:28, JOO, Ian [Student] <ian.joo at connect.polyu.hk>
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> (I’m sorry if no one cares, but just for the update)
> Although no one suggested any alternatives, I gave it a thought and
> changed the terms “Mainland Northeast Asia” to “Inner Northeast Asia” (as
> opposed to “Outer Northeast Asia”, i. e. the rest of Northeast Asia).
> Below is a visualized map of Inner and Outher Northeast Asia.
>
>
>
> From Hong Kong,
> Ian
> On 31 Dec 2020, 6:13 PM +0800, JOO, Ian [Student] <
> ian.joo at connect.polyu.hk>, wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> In my doctoral research, I refer to the lingistic area consisting of
> Korea, Mongolia, and Northeast China (but not Japan or Russian Far East) as
> "Mainland Northeast Asia."
> But this name is problematic, since Siberia is just as continental (part
> of "mainland") as well, and I don't intend to include Siberia.
> Because of this, I have been thinking of a better name for this area.
> The best one I can think of is *Astragalia, *from the name of the herb
> astragalus, which is native to Korea, Northeast China, Mongolia, and
> Southern Siberia.
> The downside of this fancy name is that, upon hearing it, whoever not
> familiar with herbalism will have no idea where it points to, without
> further explanation.
> Are there any other name candidates you can think of? If so, I would
> welcome all suggestions.
>
> From Hong Kong,
> Ian
>
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