comparative linguistics
A branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages in order…A branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages in order to establish their historical relatedness.
» The most important method of comparative linguistics is the comparative method.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages in order to establish their historical relatedness.
vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft
сравни́тельная лингви́стикаsravnítelʹnaja lingvístika
порівня́льна лінгві́стикаporivnjálʹna linhvístyka, порівня́льне мовозна́вствоporivnjálʹne movoznávstvo
Examples
2 sentencesThe most important method of comparative linguistics is the comparative method.
Comparative linguistics is a specific set of processes you go through to find the relatedness of languages, or lack thereof.
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