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Internal reconstruction

In historical linguistics, internal reconstruction is a method of reconstructing an earlier state in a language's history using only evidence internal to the language in question.

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Internal reconstruction

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related to References · 37
Internal reconstruction → Amsterdam, An Introduction, Anthony Fox, As, August, Berlin-NY, Cambridge, Campbell, Givón, Gruyter, Historical Linguistics, Horace, Internal, ISBN, Jerzy Kuryłowicz, John Benjamins, Linguistic, Linguistic Reconstruction, Linguists, Lunt
related to Shared innovations · 9
Internal reconstruction → An, Estonian, Finnic, Finnish, Indeed, Sami, That, Uralic, When
related to Role in historical linguistics · 8
Internal reconstruction → An, Austronesian, For, In, Samoan, Thus, Type, When
related to Neutralizing environments · 7
Internal reconstruction → An, Consider, English, Latinate, One, Since, Spanish
related to Lost conditioning factors · 6
Internal reconstruction → Despite, Even, For, Germanic, Not, Verner's
is a · 1
Internal reconstruction → method of reconstructing an earlier state in a language's history using only evidence internal to the language in question.The comparative method compares variations between lan…

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