Lexicostatistics is an approach to comparative linguistics that involves quantitative comparison of lexical cognates. Lexicostatistics is related to the comparative method but does not reconstruct a proto-language. It is to be distinguished from glottochronology, which attempts to use lexicostatistical methods to estimate the length of time since ...
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(from the article `Austronesian languages`) Lexicostatistics, a controversial method for studying word replacement in relation to subgrouping, often distinguishes a subset of terms called ... ...or borrowing, no clear criteria have been applied in most cases. As for subgroupings within each genetic group, determined by dialect study, th...
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n] - a statistical technique used in glottochronology
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lexicostatistics 1. A statistical technique used in glottochronology; used to estimate how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language. 2. The study of linguistic divergence between two languages, based on changes in a list of common vocabulary terms and the sharing of common root words.
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noun a statistical technique used in glottochronology; used to estimate how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language
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