Comparative linguistics

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:academic
subfield of linguistics
gptkbp:aimsTo reconstruct proto-languages
gptkbp:analyzes gptkb:dictionary
gptkb:syntax
gptkb:phonology
morphology
gptkbp:appliesTo language families
gptkbp:contrastsWith contrastive linguistics
gptkbp:distinción borrowings from inherited words
gptkbp:exampleOfApplication gptkb:Indo-European_languages
gptkb:Uralic_languages
gptkb:Afroasiatic_languages
gptkbp:focusesOn historical relationships between languages
gptkbp:goal establish genetic relationships between languages
gptkbp:hasConcept gptkb:restoration
language family
etymology
proto-language
language convergence
substrate
linguistic innovation
language divergence
sound law
adstrate
false cognate
isogloss
language tree
regular sound change
shared innovation
shared retention
superstrate
gptkbp:hasMethod comparative method
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Comparative linguistics
gptkbp:influenced modern linguistics
gptkbp:influencedBy evolutionary biology
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:August_Schleicher
gptkb:Jacob_Grimm
gptkb:Franz_Bopp
gptkb:Rasmus_Rask
gptkbp:originatedIn 19th century
gptkbp:publishes gptkb:Journal_of_Comparative_Linguistics
gptkbp:relatedTo historical linguistics
philology
gptkbp:studies similarities and differences between languages
gptkbp:taughtAt universities
gptkbp:uses grammatical structures
word lists
cognates
sound correspondences
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Universal_(linguistics)
gptkb:Language_universals
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6