Californianist

English Etymology From en Californian ist. Noun A linguist or anthropologist who specializes in studying the peoples and languages of California. en The Routledge Handbook of North American Languages 579 Daniel Siddiqi 2019 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 for convergence of traits of grammar and phonology. en Anthropologists California, USA Linguists