A Contribution to the General Theory of Comparative Linguistics

accepted accordance affiliations allophones applied assumption attested become belong borrowing classes comparative linguistics concept corre criteria criterion defined definition derived determined dialect difficult distinction distinguish distribution diversity effects English established evident existence expression external fact forms genetic classification genetic relationship genetically related Germanic given Greek guage hence historical identical important impossible Indo-European internal change interpreted introduced language change Latin less linguistic variety loan logical mapping means method morphemes morphological correspondence morphs nature necessary occur older operator origin phonemic correspondence phonemic strings phonological phonological entities possible present proto-language Proto-Slavic question reason reconstructed recurrence regarded regular sound change relevant remains replacement requirement restrictions rules selected sense sound laws spondence stage statement structural subsets substitution syntactic texts theory tion transformations tree typological understand units variety set whereas whole younger