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It defines how linguists compare languages to establish genealogical relationships, emphasizing regular phonological, grammatical and lexical correspondences across at least three noncontiguous daughter languages ("threewitness" principle). From these patterns, linguists reconstruct hypothetical protoforms, applying inductive reasoning grounded in empirical rules of sound change.
TITLE: The Comparative Method in Historical Linguistic. Second-hand SECONDHAND
AUTHOR: Antoine Meillet
PUBLISHER: Librairie Honore Champion
DATE PUBLISHED: 1967
PLACE PUBLISHED: France
PAGES: 138
BINDING: Softcover / Paperback
LANGUAGE: English
DIMENSIONS: 19.2 x 14.1 x 1 cm
WEIGHT: 0.200 kg