{"pk":35166,"title":"Introduction: Language Contact in the Amdo Sprachbund","subtitle":null,"abstract":"This paper gives a brief introduction to the \nHimalayan Linguistics\n special issue \nLanguage Contact in the Amdo Sprachbund. \nIt briefly reviews some of the scholarship regarding language contact in the region, and traces the history of recognition that Amdo should be considered a Sprachbund. It suggests that Campbell’s (2017) concept of a “trait-sprawl area” offers a good way to characterize this Sprachbund. The seven papers included in the volume are also briefly summarized.","language":"en","license":null,"keywords":[{"word":"Language Contact, Linguistic Areas, Amdo Sprachbund"}],"section":"Introduction to Special Issue 20.3","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0h18q85h","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Keith","middle_name":"W","last_name":"Slater","name_suffix":"","institution":"SIL International and University of North Dakota","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2021-11-12T15:14:38Z","date_accepted":"2021-11-12T15:14:38Z","date_published":"2021-12-31T08:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/himalayanlinguistics/article/35166/galley/26183/download/"}]}