megalocomparisonとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

megalocomparison (uncountable)

1. (historical linguistics, uncommon, often derogatory) Long-range comparison; especially, far-fetched long-range comparison that cannot sufficiently demonstrate any genetic relationship.
   • [1990, J. A. Matisoff, “On Megalocomparison”, in Language, volume 66, number 1, →DOI, pages 106–120:

     Megalocomparison takes on any more remote relationship, where sound-correspondences are not regular and putative cognates are few, so that chance rivals genetic relationship as the explanation for perceived similarities.]

   • 1994, J. T. Katz, “Review of Explanation in Historical Linguistics by G. W. Davis & G. K. Iverson”, in Language, volume 70, number 1, →DOI, pages 199–200:

     There have been many recent broadsides on megalocomparison, and those who still think them inappropriate may find this paper a revelation […]

   • 2009, J. Norman, “A New Look at Altaic [Review of Etymological Dictionary of the Altaic Languages by S. Starostin, A. Dybo, O. Mudrak, I. Gruntov, & V. Glumov]”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society‎, volume 129, number 1, pages 83–89:

     It seems to be part of a larger project of megalo-comparison whose aim is ultimately to reduce the number of language families in the world to a much smaller number than is now normally accepted.

派生語

• megalocomparative

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