The ultimate proof of genetic relationship, and to many linguists' minds the only real proof, lies in a successful reconstruction of the ancestral forms from which the semantically corresponding cognates can be derived.
Every linguistic fact is part of a whole in which everything is connected to everything else. One detail must not be linked to another detail, but one linguistic system to another.
Metodo comparativo
比較法 (語言學)
Mètode comparatiu
比較方法 (言語学)
Comparative method
Vergelijkende methode (taalkunde)
Método comparativo (lingüística)
비교 재구
القاعدة النسبية
Metoda porównawcza (językoznawstwo)
Metode perbandingan
philosophical method of comparativism, technique for studying the development of scientific fields by comparing them, apparently, in different language groups
usoro nkà ihe ọmụma nke comparativism, usoro nke na-amụ mmepe nke sayensị ubi site na-atụnyere ha, o doro anya na, dị iche iche asụsụ dị iche iche
metoda badań historycznojęzykowych, pozwalająca na ustalenie pokrewieństwa między różnymi językami
Kỹ thuật so sánh, đối chiếu đặc điểm của các ngôn ngữ để tìm ra tổ tiên chung của chúng
en lingüística, procedimiento de búsqueda sistemática de similitudes léxicas y fonéticas en las lenguas
taalkunde
en lingüística, procediment de cerca sistemàtica de similituds lèxiques i fonètiques en les llengües
técnica linguística analítica de características
Principles of Historical Linguistics
La méthode comparative en linguistique historique