comparative method

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Definitions of comparative method words

noun comparative method a body of procedures and criteria used by linguists to determine whether and how two or more languages are related and to reconstruct forms of their hypothetical parent language. 1
noun comparative method (historical linguistics) A technique for studying the development of languages by performing a feature-by-feature comparison of two or more languages with a common ancestor. 0

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 2% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

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