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glottogonic

UK/ˌɡlɒtəˈɡɒnɪk/US/ˌɡlɑtəˈɡɒnɪk/

glottogonic adjective: related to the origin or primordial development of language; related to glottogony.

Adjective

glottogonic (not comparable)

  1. Related to the origin or primordial development of language; related to glottogony.
    • Indirectly, this echoes the Neogrammarians, who, upon rejection of the glottogonic separation of stages of language held by their predecessors (cf. 4.10., 5.) affirmed that in the IE languages, "die Schöpfung neuen Stoffes niemals ganz aufgehört hat" ["the development of new grammatical material...1993, Joachim Jacobs, editor, Syntax: an international handbook of contemporary research, page 1141
    • There are now quite a few glottogonic theories, some of which are also concerned with the origin of words as, for example, the one that argues that original words are connected with phonosymbolism, […]1995, Werner Winter, editor, On Languages and Language […] , Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 19

Examples of glottogonic in a sentence

  • Johannes Schmidt was later to argue that it was a natural step for the generation of scholars following Schleicher to discard the glottogonic reconstructions.2001, Sylvain Auroux, editor, History of the Language Sciences, page 1237:
  • The glottogonic view was perhaps the principal difference between the Neogrammarians and their predecessors.2007, Prof. Lyle Campbell, Glossary of Historical Linguistics, page 72:

Origin of glottogonic

From glottogony + -ic.

Questions about glottogonic

What does glottogonic mean?
Glottogonic means related to the origin or primordial development of language; related to glottogony.
How do you use glottogonic in a sentence?
Johannes Schmidt was later to argue that it was a natural step for the generation of scholars following Schleicher to discard the glottogonic reconstructions.
What part of speech is glottogonic?
Glottogonic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce glottogonic?
Glottogonic is pronounced /ˌɡlɒtəˈɡɒnɪk/ (UK).

Words near glottogonic in the dictionary

  1. glottochronology
  2. glottocode
  3. glottocodes
  4. glottogenesis
  5. glottogenetic
  6. glottogonic
  7. glottogonist
  8. glottogonists
  9. glottogony
  10. glottogram
  11. glottograms

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