| 单词 | glottochronology |
| 释义 | glottochronology[ glot-oh-kruh-nol-uh-jee, glot-uh- ] / ˌglɒt oʊ krəˈnɒl ə dʒi, ˌglɒt ə- / noun Linguistics.the branch of lexicostatistics that studies the rate of replacement of vocabulary and attempts to determine what percentage of basic vocabulary two presently distinct but related languages share, using the information thus obtained to estimate how long ago they ceased being a single language. Origin of glottochronologyFirst recorded in 1950–55; glotto- + chronology Words nearby glottochronologyglottal stop, glottic, glottis, glottitis, glotto-, glottochronology, glottogony, glottology, Gloucester, Gloucester City, Gloucester Old Spot Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for glottochronologyglottochronology / (ˌɡlɒtəʊkrəˈnɒlədʒɪ) / nounthe use of lexicostatistics to establish that languages are historically related Word Origin for glottochronologyC20 glotto-, from Greek glōtta tongue Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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