glottogonist

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡlɒˈtɒɡənɪst/, /ɡləˈtɒɡənɪst/

Noun[edit]

glottogonist (plural glottogonists)

  1. One who studies glottogony.
    • 2022, Morten H. Christiansen, Nick Chater, chapter 4, in The Language Game […] , →ISBN:
      The sixteenth century saw the emergence of the first European glottogonists, scholars who study the origin of language.

Adjective[edit]

glottogonist (not comparable)

  1. Related to glottogony.
    • 2022, Morten H. Christiansen, Nick Chater, chapter 4, in The Language Game […] , →ISBN:
      What ultimately doomed these early glottogonist speculations was that they all took on the impossible task of arguing for a single origin of all aspects of language.
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