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interlinguistics|-lɪŋˈgwɪstɪks|
[inter- 2 a.]
The study of the relationships of two or more languages, e.g. for the purpose of devising an interlanguage. Hence interlinguiˈstician = interlinguist.
1931O. Jespersen in H. N. Shenton et al. Internat. Communication iii. 95 A new science is developing, Interlinguistics. 1934N. & Q. 8 Sept. 168/1 The new or coming science of ‘interlinguistics’ is based upon certain fundamental principles of its own. 1938Encycl. Brit. Bk. of Yr. 673/2 In recent years, interlinguisticians have been feeling their way to an average, as it were, of existing languages. 1947H. Jacob Planned Auxiliary Lang. i. iii. 70 In interlinguistics the term pleonastic endings has been used to describe specific grammatical terminations. 1953M. Weinreich in J. A. Fishman Readings Sociol. of Lang. (1968) 394 As the raw material..is drawn from the most divergent sources: Persian.., Arabic, Slavic, Greek, several Romance languages, Teutonic, Jewish inter⁓linguistics should prove the comparativist's delight. |