| 单词 |
comparativist |
| 释义 |
comˈparativist, n. (and a.) [f. as prec. + -ist.] One who employs a comparative method. spec. one who studies comparative linguistics or comparative literature. Also attrib. or as adj.
1887R. T. Hill in Science X. 108 The old comparativists..regardless of the inconsistency of English spelling, always inquire, ‘if Arkansas is Arkansaw, why is not Kansas, Kansaw?’ 1890Sat. Rev. 4 Oct. 392/2 This will not wholly do for our comparativist. 1922Jespersen Language iii. 66 Classicists were no doubt perfectly right when they reproached comparativists for their neglect of syntax. 1965Language XLI. 118 The rehabilitation of comparativist techniques. Ibid. 192 The comparativists of the 1870's spoke of ‘speech sounds’ with perfect confidence. |

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