Meaning of Akkadocentric | Babel Free
Definitions
Emphasizing Akkadian (e.g. in interpreting Sumerian or reconstructing Proto-Semitic).
Equivalents
Deutsch
akkadozentrisch
Examples
“The two main distorting factors are the ethnocentric approach and the Akkadocentric approach. […] By the Akkadocentric approach I mean the procedure that stops the semantic investigation of a Sumerian word as soon as its Akkadian equivalent is determined.”
“Only a few scholars professing a manifestly Akkadocentric approach to the [Proto-Semitic] reconstruction dared to advocate the originality of the Akkadian picture […]”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
See also
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