comparative method

English

Noun

comparative method (plural not attested)

1. (linguistics) A technique for studying the development of languages by performing a feature-by-feature comparison of two or more languages with a common ancestor.

Translations

technique for studying the development of languages

• Asturian: métodu comparativu m
• Bulgarian: сравнително-исторически метод m (sravnitelno-istoričeski metod)
• Catalan: mètode comparatiu (ca) m
• Dutch: vergelijkende methode f
• French: méthode comparative f
• Galician: método comparativo m
• German: historisch-vergleichende Methode f
• Polish: metoda porównawcza f
• Portuguese: método comparativo m
• Romanian: metodă comparativă (ro) f
• Russian: сравнительно-исторический метод m (sravnitelʹno-istoričeskij metod), сравнительный метод m (sravnitelʹnyj metod)
• Slovak: komparatívna metóda f
• Slovene: primerjalna metoda f
• Spanish: método comparativo m
• Tagalog: hambinging pamamaraan

See also

• internal reconstruction

Further reading

• comparative method on Wikipedia.Wikipedia