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GLOTTOCHRONOLOGY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The determination of how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language
Example:
he mapped the glottochronology of the Romance languages
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
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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