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Definition of comparative linguistics noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

comparative linguistics

noun
 
/kəmˌpærətɪv lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/
 
/kəmˌperətɪv lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/
[uncountable]
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  1. the study of how related languages are similar and different, especially in order to discover things about a language that both these languages came from, and that no longer exists
See comparative linguistics in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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