Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

internal reconstruction

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

Syllables
in-ter-nal re-con-struc-tion
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A method of reconstructing an earlier form of a language using only evidence from that language, as opposed to the comparative method.

Uncountable

noun

A reconstruction created by this means.

Countable

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Linguistics.

Inflected Forms

internal reconstructions (plural)

Questions

What does internal reconstruction mean?
A method of reconstructing an earlier form of a language using only evidence from that language, as opposed to the comparative method.

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