Methoden vergelijken

	Dialectometrie	Interne Reconstructie
Vakgebied	Taalwetenschap	Taalwetenschap
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Jaar van ontstaan	1973	1891
Grondlegger	Jean Seguy	Henry Heffner Hock
Type	Empirical process pipeline	Empirical process pipeline
Oorspronkelijke bron	Seguy, J. (1973). La dialectométrie dans l'étude de l'espace linguistique. Revue de Linguistique Romane, 37, 1-24.	Hock, H. H. (1991). Principles of Historical Linguistics (2nd ed.). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Aliassen	Linguistic Distance Measurement, Quantitative Dialect Analysis	Interlingual Reconstruction, Diachronic Morphology
Verwant	1	3
Samenvatting	Dialectometry is a quantitative method for measuring linguistic distances between dialects or languages using objective metrics applied to phonological, lexical, or phonetic data. Pioneered by Jean Seguy in 1973, dialectometry compares word lists, pronunciations, or phonetic transcriptions across speech varieties to calculate similarity scores. The resulting distance matrices and dendrograms reveal patterns of dialect relatedness and geographic or social clustering. This method complements traditional dialectology and contributes to historical linguistics and sociolinguistics.	Internal Reconstruction is a historical linguistic method that reconstructs earlier stages of a single language by identifying internal inconsistencies, morphological irregularities, and distributional patterns within the language itself. Unlike the Comparative Method, which relies on comparing related languages, Internal Reconstruction uses evidence from within one language—such as suppletive forms, analogy-induced irregularities, and phonological asymmetries—to infer its historical structure and sound changes. This method is particularly valuable when only one written form of a language survives or when related languages are unavailable.