Meaning of megalocomparison | Babel Free

Definitions

Long-range comparison; especially, far-fetched long-range comparison that cannot sufficiently demonstrate any genetic relationship.

derogatory, historical, often, uncommon, uncountable

Examples

“Megalocomparison takes on any more remote relationship, where sound-correspondences are not regular and putative cognates are few, so that chance rivals genetic relationship as the explanation for perceived similarities.”

“There have⟳ been many recent broadsides on megalocomparison, and those who still think⟳ them inappropriate may find⟳ this paper a revelation[…]”

“It seems to be part of a larger project of megalo-comparison whose aim is ultimately to reduce⟳ the number⟳ of language families in the world to a much smaller number⟳ than is now normally accepted.”

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