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English
Etymology
Blend of area + universal with Latinizing -o-. Coined by Benedikt Szmrecsanyi and Bernd Kortmann (2009), apparently after earlier angloversal.
Noun
areoversal (plural areoversals)
- (linguistics, especially dialectology and language typology, uncommon) A linguistic feature that is recurrent in language varieties in a certain geographical area.
- Coordinate terms: varioversal, angloversal
References
- ^ Szmrecsanyi, B., & Kortmann, B. (2009). Vernacular universals and angloversals in a typological perspective. In Vernacular universals and language contacts (pp. 39–60). Routledge.