Glossogenetic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Glossogenetic is an adjective meaning (linguistics) Of or pertaining to the emergence of linguistic forms over time.
Meaning
(linguistics) Of or pertaining to the emergence of linguistic forms over time.
Example Sentences
In other words, the Subjacency Condition may be an innate 'fossil' of a glossogenetic adaptation to avoid long-distance dependencies.
Kirby explicitly sought to simulate language emergence in the absence of selection pressure to explore the power of glossogenetic adaptation alone.
To put it in other words: An approach to organizational, glossogenetic learning of linguistic structures is needed in addition to a model of ontogenetic learning of a single system as outlined above.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include glottogenetic, glottogonic, glossological, geolinguistic, genealogical, linguistic.
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