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glottochronology
[ glot-oh-kruh-nol-uh-jee, glot-uh- ]
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.
glottochronology
/ ˌɡ±ôÉ’³Ùəʊ°ì°ùəˈ²ÔÉ’±ôÉ™»åÏôɪ /
noun
- the use of lexicostatistics to establish that languages are historically related
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of glottochronology1
First recorded in 1950–55; glotto- + chronology
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of glottochronology1
C20 glotto-, from Greek ²µ±ôųٳٲ¹ tongue
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Example Sentences
Examples have not been reviewed.
Using glottochronology he estimated that the ancestors of Aleuts had crossed the strait around 2000 b.c. and that the ancestors of Na-Dene had made the journey around 7000 B.C.
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The testimony extends to cemeteries: It matters who is buried with whom or close to whom; to the evolution of words: What Beneviste called glottochronology; to contracts.
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