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单词 comparative linguistics
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Definition of comparative linguistics in English:

comparative linguistics

plural noun
  • treated as singular The study of similarities and differences between languages, in particular the comparison of related languages with a view to reconstructing forms in their lost parent languages.

    比较语言学

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Such sound shifts in comparative linguistics parallel, almost uncannily, the slow march of genetic mutations as offspring populations gradually separate from a parent stock.
    • These historical and philosophical puzzles cannot be solved by turning to current scholarship in comparative linguistics or cognitive science, because those literatures are also in some disarray.
    • Is this not another example of the pitfalls of comparative linguistics?

Definition of comparative linguistics in US English:

comparative linguistics

plural nounkəmˈpɛrədɪv lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks
  • treated as singular The study of similarities and differences between languages, in particular the comparison of related languages with a view to reconstructing forms in their lost parent languages.

    比较语言学

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These historical and philosophical puzzles cannot be solved by turning to current scholarship in comparative linguistics or cognitive science, because those literatures are also in some disarray.
    • Is this not another example of the pitfalls of comparative linguistics?
    • Such sound shifts in comparative linguistics parallel, almost uncannily, the slow march of genetic mutations as offspring populations gradually separate from a parent stock.
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