Comparative Method (Methods and Procedures) a method of comparing languages and words to determine if they are related
Comparative Method is a term in Comparative Linguistics that commonly means "a method of comparing languages and words to determine if they are related." This term belongs mainly to the broader category called Methods and Procedures.
Definition of Comparative Method
Source: A Glossary of Historical Linguistics
"comparative method"
The most important method of historical linguistics; a method (or set of procedures) for comparing languages to determine whether they are related and, if related, how they have developed from a common ancestor. The method compares forms from related languages, cognates, that have descended from a common ancestral language (the proto-language), in order to reconstruct the form in that ancestral language and to determine the changes related languages have undergone. It is also the basis for subgrouping related languages and establishing their family tree. See also basic assumptions of the comparative method, limitations on the comparative method, reconstruction.
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PsychLing Contributors. "Comparative Method." PsychLing, OMNIKA Foundation, 3 Sep. 2023, psylng.org/glossary/term/comparative-method. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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APA Contributors. "APA Dictionary of Psychology." Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Accessed September 14, 2023. https://dictionary.apa.org. [Visit]
Campbell, Lyle R., and Mauricio J. Mixco, eds. A Glossary of Historical Linguistics. Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh University Press, 2007.