different between isogloss vs sprachbund

English

Etymology

From iso- +? gloss, ultimately from Ancient Greek ???? (ísos, “equal”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wi- (“to separate”)) + ?????? (glôssa, “tongue; language”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gl?g?s).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?a?s?(??)?l?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?a?s??l?s/
• Hyphenation: iso?gloss

Noun

isogloss (plural isoglosses)

1. (linguistics) A line on a map indicating the geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature.

   Synonym: heterogloss

Hyponyms

• isolex
• isophone
• Joret line

Derived terms

• isoglossal
• isoglossic

Translations

See also

• isograph

Further reading

• isogloss on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• Sprachbund

Etymology

Borrowed from German Sprachbund (literally “language alliance, language association”), from Sprache (“language; way of speaking, speech”) (ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spr?k? (“language; speech”)) + Bund (“alliance”) (from binden (“to bind, to tie up”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?end?- (“to bind”)). The German word was coined by Russian linguist Nikolai Trubetzkoy (1890–1938) in a paper he presented to the inaugural International Congress of Linguists in 1928 as a calque of the Russian term ????????? ????? (jazykovój sojúz, literally “language union”), which he had introduced in a 1923 article.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sp???kb?nd/, /?sp???x-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sp??kb?nd/, /?sp??x-/
• Hyphenation: sprach?bund

Noun

sprachbund (plural sprachbunds or sprachbünde)

1. (linguistics) A group of languages sharing a number of areal features (similar grammar, vocabulary, etc.) which are primarily due to language contact rather than cognation.

   Synonyms: area of linguistic convergence, diffusion area, language crossroads, linguistic area

Related terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• sprachbund on Wikipedia.Wikipedia