comparative method
nounHistorical Linguistics.
a body of procedures and criteria used by linguists to determine whether and how two or more languages are related and to reconstruct forms of their hypothetical parent language.
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In another department of the painter's art, the comparative method of study is no less suggestive.
The "comparative method" has assumed several different forms.
Introduction to the Study of History | Charles V. LangloisHayley perhaps alone, or almost alone, is rebel to the comparative method.
A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) | George SaintsburyAnother general line of attack worthy to be mentioned alongside of the experimental is the comparative method.
Psychology | Robert S. WoodworthNow the science of law must, of necessity, be a national one, even if at the same time it employs the comparative method.
The Future of International Law | Lassa Oppenheim
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