Linguistic Areas of Transfer: the European Diffusion Area and the Balkan Sprachbund

• Authors: Marțole Daniela Maria
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article focuses on the concept of linguistic area as it is reflected in research concerned with the Balkan and the European Sprachbunds. Both these diffusion areas have been identified or understood as Other in relation with the West and in the world-wide context, respectively. Several distinctive features that characterise the areas under scrutiny and identify them as Sprachbunds are dealt with in this paper. Our research briefly touches upon the way in which several historical circumstances have affected the cultural contact that lead to language change in these two linguistic areas.

Keywords

EN

diffusion area; Balkan Sprachbund; Standard Average European; areal classification; typological similarities

• Publisher: Inter Litteras Research Centre, STEFAN CEL MARE University, Suceava, Romania; STEFAN CEL MARE Publishing House
• Journal: Concordia Discors vs Discordia Concors: Researches into Comparative Literature, Contrastive Linguistics, Cross-Cultural and Translation Strategies
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 20 (Multifaceted Approaches to Humanities II)
• Pages: 208-222

Contributors

author

Marțole Daniela Maria

• “Ştefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, Romania