[Lingtyp] Mainland Northeast Asia (MNEA) as a linguistic area

[joo at shh.mpg.de]

Thanks to Guillaume and Mark for pointing that out. On the other hand, it seems to me that the two languages (Japhug and Abor) you mentioned are within or adjacent to Mandarin-speaking region (including Southwestern Mandarin), in common with the MNEA languages I mentioned. Could it be that this polysemy is caused by the contact between Mandarin and its neighboring languages?

Ian
On 28. Mar 2020, 20:38 +0900, Mark Post <mark.post at sydney.edu.au>, wrote:
> ...or indeed elsewhere in Trans-Himalayan; Adi më- (ë is schwa) has the senses 'put; place' and 'release; let go'.
> Mark
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> From: Lingtyp <lingtyp-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org> on behalf of Guillaume Jacques <rgyalrongskad at gmail.com>
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> To: Joo, Ian <joo at shh.mpg.de>
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> Subject: Re: [Lingtyp] Mainland Northeast Asia (MNEA) as a linguistic area
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> The colexification of 'put' and 'release' is not restricted to this particular area; it is also found in at least some Gyalrong languages further south (Japhug ta 'put' can be used in the sense of 'release, let ... get away with it' ="放过"), and I would not be surprised if it is found in other languages of Western Sichuan.
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> Guillaume
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> Le sam. 28 mars 2020 à 10:39, Joo, Ian <joo at shh.mpg.de> a écrit :
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I am currently writing a paper proposing Mainland Northeast Asia (MNEA) as a linguistic area, and I would like to know if there are any previous studies that have analyzed this region as a linguistic area.
> > The MNEA area I propose includes northern China, Mongolia, Korea, but not Japan, Sakhalin, and Russian Far East. One feature of this area, which I am currently working on with my colleagues, is that the languages spoken there colexify `to put’ and `to release’, as shown in the attached map.
> >
> > From Daejeon, South Korea,
> > Ian
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