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单词 Wellentheorie
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Wellentheorie

/ˈvɛlənˌteɪɔːri/
Linguistics
noun
A theory of linguistic change first advanced by Johannes Schmidt (1843–1901), according to which linguistic innovation spreads in concentric circles from a central point of origin, like the ripples generated when a pebble is thrown into a body of water.
  • The theory was formulated in response to perceived problems in the Tree or Pedigree model, but has not displaced this..

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in American Journal of Philology. From German Wellentheorie from Wellen-, combining form of Welle wave + Theorie.

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