Comparative Method (Historical Linguistics)
The comparative method is the foundational technique of historical linguistics for demonstrating that languages are genetically related and for reconstructing their unattested common ancestor. By systematically comparing cognate words across related languages and uncovering the regular, recurring sound correspondences between them — exemplified by Grimm's Law in Germanic — analysts reconstruct the forms of the proto-language and the sound changes that produced each daughter, and on that basis build the family tree. It is a qualitative, evidence-driven method distinct from the generic logic of cross-case comparison: here the 'comparison' is of linguistic forms governed by the regularity of sound change.
Registro de origen
Citas copiadas textualmente del registro de origen del método. No se infiere ninguna verificación a nivel de afirmación de ellas.
- Campbell, L. (2013). Historical Linguistics: An Introduction (3rd ed.). Edinburgh University Press. · ISBN 9780748675593
- Hock, H. H. (1991). Principles of Historical Linguistics (2nd ed.). Mouton de Gruyter. · ISBN 9783110129625
- Rankin, R. L. (2003). The comparative method. In B. D. Joseph & R. D. Janda (Eds.), The Handbook of Historical Linguistics (pp. 183–212). Blackwell. · ISBN 9781405127479
Afirmaciones curadas
Afirmaciones persistidas en el libro mayor de evidencia, cada una con su propia evaluación.
Esta vista no inventa una evaluación de afirmación si el libro mayor no tiene ninguna.
Métodos relacionados
Generado a partir del grafo de métodos y mostrado como relaciones sugeridas por la máquina; no se infiere ninguna afirmación de evidencia.