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GLOTTOCHRONOLOGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does glottochronology mean?
• GLOTTOCHRONOLOGY (noun)
The noun GLOTTOCHRONOLOGY has 1 sense:
1. the determination of how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language
Familiarity information: GLOTTOCHRONOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The determination of how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
he mapped the glottochronology of the Romance languages
Hypernyms ("glottochronology" is a kind of...):
chronology (the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events)
Derivation:
glottochronological (pertaining to the study of the evolution of languages from a common source)
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