| 单词 |
glottology |
| 释义 |
glottology|glɒˈtɒlədʒɪ|
[f. as prec. + Gr. -λογία discourse: see -logy.]
The science of language: comparative philology; = glossology 1 b.
1841Prichard Nat. Hist. Man (1845) 132 Glottology, or the history of languages, founded on an accurate analysis of their relations, is almost a new field of inquiry. 1849–52Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. ii. 1345 There is no department of ethnology in which progress is at present so rapid, as it is in the study of glottology. 1868Max Müller in Sel. Ess. (1881) I. 29 The conception of a science of language, of Glottology, was reserved for the nineteenth century.
Hence glottoˈlogic, glottoˈlogical adjs. = glossological; gloˈttologist = glossologist 1 b.
1848Edin. Rev. LXXXVIII. 478 Thus it appears that glottological considerations afford a strong presumption in favour of the origin of the nations of Asia, Europe, America, and Polynesia, from one common stock. 1874Sayce Compar. Philol. vi. 236 As glottologists, we have to begin with roots. 1879Cayley in Trans. Philol. Soc. 588 A wide scope for glottologic observation and research. 1883St. James's Gaz. 26 Jan. 6 The glottological aspect of the question. 1893Athenæum 23 Dec. 883/1 A general glottologist of the rarest attainments. |
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