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historical linguistics
noun
, (used with a singular verb)
- the study of changes in a language or group of languages over a period of time.
historical linguistics
noun
- functioning as singular the study of language as it changes in the course of time, with a view either to discovering general principles of linguistic change or to establishing the correct genealogical classification of particular languages Also calleddiachronic linguistics Compare descriptive linguistics
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Word History and Origins
Origin of historical linguistics1
First recorded in 1920–25
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Example Sentences
It may do for comparative-historical linguistics what the Rosetta Stone did for Egyptology.
From Project Gutenberg
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