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[ noun ] the determination of how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language
Examples "he mapped the glottochronology of the Romance languages" Used in print (A.L. Kroeber, "Semantic Contribution of Lexicostatistic...)If of the founders of glottochronology Swadesh has escaped our steady plodding , and Lees has repudiated his own share in the founding , that is no reason why we should swerve . Related terms |
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