arealadj.

/ˈɛːriːəl/

Etymology: < Latin āreālis, < ārea : see area n. and -al suffix¹.

Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, an area.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [adjective] > of two dimensions > relating to or involving two dimensions

superficialc1450

areal1676

surface1676

super1768

1676 J. Collins Let. in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) II. 402 His calculus of the areal ordinate.

1881 Hist. Coll. Stafford. II. 89 The areal Hundred.

Draft additions 1993

2. Linguistics. Of, pertaining, or relating to the comparative study of languages or dialects in terms of geographical distribution and contact rather than historical development: frequently as areal linguistics, areal linguistic adj.; hence less precisely (of distribution, etc.), geographical.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > other schools of linguistics > [adjective] > comparative linguistics

areal1944

cross-linguistic1954

1944 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 64 177 The areal theory of linguistics..has been developed and brought into a system by the Italian neolinguistic school.

1945 Word 1 137 In many cases—perhaps in most—what Brugmann, Meillet, and all the other Indo-Europeanists of the older generation called comparative method or comparison between languages is nothing else than areal linguistics avant la lettre.

1967 Jrnl. Linguistics 3 170 The absence of any discussion of the ‘areal linguistic’ position of the Neolinguists..is indicative.

1968 Language 44 170 The argument that areal phenomena deserve more serious consideration than they have received can scarcely be disputed.

1968 D. L. Bolinger Aspects of Lang. 139 When [the linguist] speaks of dialectology, it is almost always in this sense, more specifically referred to as ‘linguistic geography’, ‘areal linguistics’, or ‘dialect geography’.

1972 K. R. Jankowsky Neogrammarians 157 An illustration is seen in what happened to one of the most famous areal linguists, Georg Wenker. He set out to prove, with areal linguistic means, the existence of a definite linguistic boundary.

1980 A. R. Thomas (title) Areal analysis of dialect data by computer: a Welsh example.

1985 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 30 199 Perhaps what similarities we see in putatively distantly related languages are areal rather than genetic.

ˈareally adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > other schools of linguistics > [adverb] > linguistic geography or dialectology

areally1960

1960 W. W. Elmendorf in Research Stud. (Washington State Univ.) Sept. Monogr. Suppl. No. 2. 280 Twana seems a unique case among all Coast Salishan tongues in its features of areally simple distribution restricted to a single inlet and its fresh-water drainage, and very slight heterogeneity of dialects.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	areal
释义	arealadj. /ˈɛːriːəl/ Etymology: < Latin āreālis, < ārea : see area n. and -al suffix¹. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, an area. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [adjective] > of two dimensions > relating to or involving two dimensions superficialc1450 areal1676 surface1676 super1768 1676 J. Collins Let. in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) II. 402 His calculus of the areal ordinate. 1881 Hist. Coll. Stafford. II. 89 The areal Hundred. Draft additions 1993 2. Linguistics. Of, pertaining, or relating to the comparative study of languages or dialects in terms of geographical distribution and contact rather than historical development: frequently as areal linguistics, areal linguistic adj.; hence less precisely (of distribution, etc.), geographical. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > other schools of linguistics > [adjective] > comparative linguistics areal1944 cross-linguistic1954 1944 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 64 177 The areal theory of linguistics..has been developed and brought into a system by the Italian neolinguistic school. 1945 Word 1 137 In many cases—perhaps in most—what Brugmann, Meillet, and all the other Indo-Europeanists of the older generation called comparative method or comparison between languages is nothing else than areal linguistics avant la lettre. 1967 Jrnl. Linguistics 3 170 The absence of any discussion of the ‘areal linguistic’ position of the Neolinguists..is indicative. 1968 Language 44 170 The argument that areal phenomena deserve more serious consideration than they have received can scarcely be disputed. 1968 D. L. Bolinger Aspects of Lang. 139 When [the linguist] speaks of dialectology, it is almost always in this sense, more specifically referred to as ‘linguistic geography’, ‘areal linguistics’, or ‘dialect geography’. 1972 K. R. Jankowsky Neogrammarians 157 An illustration is seen in what happened to one of the most famous areal linguists, Georg Wenker. He set out to prove, with areal linguistic means, the existence of a definite linguistic boundary. 1980 A. R. Thomas (title) Areal analysis of dialect data by computer: a Welsh example. 1985 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 30 199 Perhaps what similarities we see in putatively distantly related languages are areal rather than genetic. ˈareally adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > other schools of linguistics > [adverb] > linguistic geography or dialectology areally1960 1960 W. W. Elmendorf in Research Stud. (Washington State Univ.) Sept. Monogr. Suppl. No. 2. 280 Twana seems a unique case among all Coast Salishan tongues in its features of areally simple distribution restricted to a single inlet and its fresh-water drainage, and very slight heterogeneity of dialects. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1676
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