[Lingtyp] New name for "Mainland Northeast Asia"

[Jess Tauber]

The talus bone in the ankle is also called an astragalus- so if you can
reimagine Eurasia as an ankle, then perhaps the region in question fits
right where it should go? Happy 2021!

Jess Tauber

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On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 5:13 AM 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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