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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