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单词 glottochronology
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Definition of glottochronology in English:

glottochronology

noun ˌɡlɒtəʊkrəˈnɒlədʒiˌɡlädōkrəˈnäləjē
mass noun
  • The use of statistical data to date the divergence of languages from their common sources.

    语言年代学;词源统计分析法

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The basic fallacy of glottochronology lies in the fact that it a priori assumes that all languages change at the same rate all the time.
    • Many of the papers in these volumes show a revival of interest in the much criticised techniques of glottochronology and lexicostatistics.
    • Despite the outcry, glottochronology is still employed, but in mathematically increasingly complex and conceptually more sophisticated models.
    • New methods in glottochronology provide logical and empirical proof that the second assumption is true.
    • Unfortunately, the last published glottochronology for all the Caddoan languages dates to the 1960s, before the technique was refined.

Derivatives

  • glottochronological

  • adjective
    • Figure 1 presents a schematic version of present geographical distribution of the Nubian languages with the glottochronological dates inserted.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • These findings, and others which will in time be developed, will affect the method of glottochronological inquiry.
      • This was predicted by Jane decades ago based on her glottochronological work with Tepiman and the larger Uto-Aztecan language family.
      • As part of our study of Proto Indo European origins we have made glottochronological estimates of the separation of each European language group, Slavic, Celtic, Romance, etc., from each other.
      • Glottochronological studies of the Oaxacan Indian groups indicate that the first diversification of this group of languages had begun by 4400 B.C.

Definition of glottochronology in US English:

glottochronology

nounˌɡlädōkrəˈnäləjē
  • The use of statistical data to date the divergence of languages from their common sources.

    语言年代学;词源统计分析法

    Example sentencesExamples
    • New methods in glottochronology provide logical and empirical proof that the second assumption is true.
    • Many of the papers in these volumes show a revival of interest in the much criticised techniques of glottochronology and lexicostatistics.
    • Despite the outcry, glottochronology is still employed, but in mathematically increasingly complex and conceptually more sophisticated models.
    • Unfortunately, the last published glottochronology for all the Caddoan languages dates to the 1960s, before the technique was refined.
    • The basic fallacy of glottochronology lies in the fact that it a priori assumes that all languages change at the same rate all the time.
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