Thesaurus:isolating language
English edit
Noun edit
Sense: language with the number of morphemes per word close to one edit
Synonyms edit
- isolating language
Hypernyms edit
Instances edit
Various edit
- analytic language [⇒ thesaurus] (near hypernym)
Notes edit
- Wikidata ranks isolating language as a subclass of analytic language, unsourced. By contrast, Britannica says an isolating language tends to be analytic, not a strict hyponymy. The hyponymy hypothesis seems plausible given the definitions, and English would be analytic but not isolating language, upon narrow reading of the terms.
Further reading edit
- Wikipedia:Isolating language
- Wikipedia:Category:Isolating languages
- isolating language, britannica.com
- language - Language typology, britannica.com
- LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY, Encyclopedia.com
- Isolating Language, glossary.sil.org
- Isolating Language, encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com
- Basic Language Structures by Dr. C. George Boeree, webspace.ship.edu