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Californianist

Californianist noun: a linguist or anthropologist who specializes in studying the peoples and languages of California.

Noun

Californianist (plural Californianists)

  1. A linguist or anthropologist who specializes in studying the peoples and languages of California.
    • Californianists have argued that areal patterns in the region show that phonological and grammatical convergence is more prominent than lexical borrowing, challenging the usual understanding that lexical items are universally more "borrowable", needing less intense language contact than is required...2019, Daniel Siddiqi, The Routledge Handbook of North American Languages, page 579

Forms of Californianist

pluralCalifornianists

Origin of Californianist

From Californian + -ist.

Questions about Californianist

What does Californianist mean?
Californianist means a linguist or anthropologist who specializes in studying the peoples and languages of California.
What part of speech is Californianist?
Californianist is a noun.
What is the plural of Californianist?
The plural of Californianist is Californianists.

Words near Californianist in the dictionary

  1. Californian white sages
  2. Californiana
  3. Californianese
  4. Californianism
  5. Californianisms
  6. Californianist
  7. Californianists
  8. Californianization
  9. Californianize
  10. Californianized
  11. Californianizes

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