| LC control no. | sh 85029301
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| LC classification | P143 P143.3
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| Topical heading | Comparative linguistics
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| Variant(s) | Comparative philology
Philology, Comparative
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| See also | Historical linguistics
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| Scope note | Here are entered works which compare languages or groups of languages for the specific purpose of determining their common origin, or discuss the method of their comparison, as represented by 19th century comparative philology and its subsequent developments. Works which compare or contrast two or more languages with the aim of finding principles which can be applied to practical problems in language teaching and translation are entered under the heading Contrastive linguistics.
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| Subject example tracing | Note under Contrastive linguistics
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