比ひ較かく言げん語ご学がく

noun

comparative linguistics

Academic field that studies relationships between languages, reconstructs proto-languages, and classifies language families.

• 比ひ較かく言げん語ご学がくは、言げん語ごの歴れき史し的てきな変へん化かを研けん究きゅうする学がく問もんです。

  Comparative linguistics is a discipline that studies historical changes in languages.

• 彼かれは比ひ較かく言げん語ご学がくの手しゅ法ほうを使つかって、古こ代だい語ごの再さい構こうを試こころみた。

  He attempted to reconstruct an ancient language using methods of comparative linguistics.