glottochronologyn.

Brit.

/ˌɡlɒtəʊkrəˈnɒlədʒi/, U.S.

/ˌɡlɑdoʊkrəˈnɑlədʒi/

Etymology: < glotto- (see glosso- comb. form) + chronology n.

Linguistics.

The application of statistics to vocabulary to determine the degree of relationship between two or more languages and the chronology of their splitting off from a common ancestor.

ΘΚΠ

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glottochronology1953

1953 J. B. Carroll Study of Lang. ii. 62 Glottochronology, a technique for inferring, from statistical comparisons of language systems, estimates not only of their probable familial relationships but also of the dates when the branches of a language family broke off from one another and from the parent language.

1955 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 21 116 There has been considerable interest in the application of statistical techniques to the study of language vocabulary, variously called glottochronology and lexico-statistical dating.

1961 New Scientist 13 July 77/3 The application of lexicostatistics (glottochronology) to African languages.

Derivatives

ˌglottochronoˈlogic adj. (also ˌglottochronoˈlogical)

ΚΠ

1955 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 21 118 An entirely different glottochronologic study.

1957 J. H. Greenberg Ess. Ling. iv. 54 Recently glottochronological methods have been used.

1964 R. A. Hall Introd. Ling. lxvi. 381 The glottochronological method is based on a count, not of structural, but of lexical items.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	glottochronology
释义	glottochronologyn. Brit. /ˌɡlɒtəʊkrəˈnɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌɡlɑdoʊkrəˈnɑlədʒi/ Etymology: < glotto- (see glosso- comb. form) + chronology n. Linguistics. The application of statistics to vocabulary to determine the degree of relationship between two or more languages and the chronology of their splitting off from a common ancestor. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > other schools of linguistics > [noun] > protolinguistics > glottochronology glottochronology1953 1953 J. B. Carroll Study of Lang. ii. 62 Glottochronology, a technique for inferring, from statistical comparisons of language systems, estimates not only of their probable familial relationships but also of the dates when the branches of a language family broke off from one another and from the parent language. 1955 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 21 116 There has been considerable interest in the application of statistical techniques to the study of language vocabulary, variously called glottochronology and lexico-statistical dating. 1961 New Scientist 13 July 77/3 The application of lexicostatistics (glottochronology) to African languages. Derivatives ˌglottochronoˈlogic adj. (also ˌglottochronoˈlogical) ΚΠ 1955 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 21 118 An entirely different glottochronologic study. 1957 J. H. Greenberg Ess. Ling. iv. 54 Recently glottochronological methods have been used. 1964 R. A. Hall Introd. Ling. lxvi. 381 The glottochronological method is based on a count, not of structural, but of lexical items. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1953
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