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Definition of Glottochronological
1. Adjective. Pertaining to the study of the evolution of languages from a common source. "Glottochronological studies"
Definition of Glottochronological
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to glottochronology. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Glottochronological
Literary usage of Glottochronological
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Supplement to A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to the American Indian in by Daythal Kendall, John F. Freeman (1982)
"... glottochronological work in Uto-Aztecan; disagreement between Mason and Swa-
desh over number of stop series in Papago; Mosan; Macro-Penutian; ..."
2. An Indoeuropean Classification: A Lexicostatistical Experiment by Isidore Dyen, Joseph B. Kruskal, Paul Black (1992)
"... in depth in its relation to glottochronological determinations. Four modifications
of the subgrouping method described here were used to deal with the ..."
3. On Calculating the Factor of Chance in Language Comparison by Donald A. Ringe (1992)
"Of course that 13 In glottochronological studies a list of about 200 basic words
appears to be optimal, since calculations based on shorter lists are ..."
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