- comparative linguistics
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A branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages in order to establish their historical relatedness.
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Comparative linguistics — Linguistics … Wikipedia
comparative linguistics — comparative linguist. the study of the correspondences between languages that have a common origin. * * * comˌparative linˈguistics 7 [comparative linguistics] noun uncountable the study of how related languages are similar and different,… … Useful english dictionary
comparative linguistics — comparative linguist. the study of the correspondences between languages that have a common origin. * * * formerly Comparative Grammar, or Comparative Philology, study of the relationships or correspondences between two or more languages … Universalium
comparative linguistics — relationship between the grammatical forms and structures of different languages … English contemporary dictionary
comparative linguistics — plural noun [treated as sing.] the study of the similarities and differences between languages, in particular the comparison of related languages with a view to reconstructing forms in their lost parent languages … English new terms dictionary
comparative linguistics — /kəmˌpærətɪv lɪŋˈgwɪstɪks/ (say kuhm.paruhtiv ling gwistiks) noun the study of languages concentrating on correspondences between related languages or between different periods of the one language …
Quantitative comparative linguistics — is a branch of comparative linguistics that applies mathematical models to the problem of classifying language relatedness. This includes the use of computational phylogenetics and cladistics to define an optimal tree (or network) to represent a… … Wikipedia
Linguistics — is the scientific study of language, encompassing a number of sub fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure (grammar) and the study of meaning (semantics). Grammar encompasses morphology (the formation and… … Wikipedia
comparative — [kəm par′ə tiv] adj. [ME < L comparativus] 1. that compares; involving comparison as a method, esp. in a branch of study [comparative linguistics] 2. estimated by comparison with something else; relative [a comparative success] 3. Gram.… … English World dictionary
linguistics — /ling gwis tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. [1850 55; see LINGUISTIC, ICS] * * * Study of the nature and structure of… … Universalium
