Synonym(s):

• comparative grammar
• comparative linguistics

Related Term(s):

• comparative method
• comparative study
• comparativism
• historical linguistics
• reconstruction
• relationship (between languages)

Source(s):

CRYSTAL 200387
SAUSSURE 1959[trans.]1-2
HARTMANN & STORK 197243
LYONS 197133f.
RICHARDS etal. 199267-68 (= comparative historical linguistics, philology, historical linguistics)
NASH 196836
MATTHEWS 199763

• CRYSTAL, David. (2003) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics, 5th Ed Oxford: Blackwell.
• SAUSSURE, Ferdinand de. (1959 [trans.]) Course in General Linguistics. Trans. by Wade Baskin. New York: Philosophical Library.
• HARTMANN, R.R.K. & STORK, F.C. (1972) Dictionary of Language and Linguistics. London: Applied Science Publishers.
• LYONS, John. (1971) Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics. Cambridge: University Press. 
• RICHARDS, Jack, PLATT,  J. & WEBER,  H.  (1992) Longman Dictionary of Language Teaching & Applied Linguistics. London: Longman.
• NASH, Rose. (1968) Multilingual Lexicon of Linguistics and Philology: English, Russian, German, French. Coral Gables, FL: University of Miami Press. 
• MATTHEWS, P.H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Domain:

Historical Linguistics