Linguistic Diffusion
Linguistic Diffusion is the areal process by which linguistic features, such as phonological, syntactic, or lexical elements, spread from one language or dialect to another through sustained contact among speech communities, distinguished from genetic inheritance by its sociogeographic transmission mechanism.
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William Labov · Language · 2007 · 854 citations
Peter K. Austin · Language · 1981 · 349 citations
Some patterns of linguistic diffusion
Guy Bailey, Tom Wikle, Jan Tillery et al. · Language Variation and Change · 1993 · 214 citations
Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald · Linguistic Typology · 2012 · 214 citations
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Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Leipzig, Germany
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Max Planck Society
Munich, Germany
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Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Paris, France
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University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
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Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
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