Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A geographic boundary line delimiting the area in which a given linguistic feature occurs.
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- noun A line indicating the geographical boundaries of a
linguistic feature on a map.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Hence, the term isogloss, from iso - ` same '+ gloss
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A little note on Etruscan adjectives and case agreement 2010
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Gimbutas academia algonquian arabic assyrian athabaskan bureaucracy celtic credentialism crete dictionary elamite esperanto feminism gender geography isogloss language hat languages logic mandarin maya mediterranean mycenaean north caucasian persian phonetics proto-steppe racism sanskrit senet venetic
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Gimbutas academia algonquian arabic assyrian athabaskan bureaucracy celtic credentialism crete dictionary elamite esperanto feminism gender geography isogloss language hat languages logic mandarin maya mediterranean mycenaean north caucasian persian phonetics proto-steppe racism sanskrit senet venetic
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Gimbutas academia algonquian arabic assyrian athabaskan bureaucracy celtic credentialism crete dictionary elamite esperanto feminism gender geography isogloss language hat languages logic mandarin maya mediterranean mycenaean north caucasian persian phonetics proto-steppe racism sanskrit senet venetic
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Gimbutas academia algonquian arabic assyrian athabaskan bureaucracy celtic credentialism crete dictionary elamite esperanto feminism gender geography isogloss language hat languages logic mandarin maya mediterranean mycenaean north caucasian persian phonetics proto-steppe racism sanskrit senet venetic
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The isogloss boundaries are much clearer in the full sized version Picasa automatically shrank it.
The PIE and Pre-PIE pronominal system from the perspective of a wave model 2009
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As they expanded, they began, for inscrutable Frankish reasons, to devoice word-final obstruents this is the blue isogloss, thereby establishing Frankish as its own distinct, highly conservative dialect.
The PIE and Pre-PIE pronominal system from the perspective of a wave model 2009
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I made this simple isogloss map to show at a glance how I would explain Proto-Steppe's development into the later proto-languages known and studied and it relates, as always, to the unpixelated view of the Wave Model of language change.
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I made this simple isogloss map to show at a glance how I would explain Proto-Steppe's development into the later proto-languages known and studied and it relates, as always, to the unpixelated view of the Wave Model of language change.
Archive 2009-10-01 2009
whichbe commented on the word isogloss
A line drawn on a map to indicate the boundary where one sound or word stops being used and another begins to be used in its place.
June 20, 2007
reesetee commented on the word isogloss
I'd imagine these would be relatively fluid and/or overlapping?
June 20, 2007
she commented on the word isogloss
Why are some of the prettiest words the ones I'll never, ever-ever-ever find occasion to use? *weeps*
September 10, 2008
reesetee commented on the word isogloss
Sure you will! Just walk around today finding excuses to use isogloss. It's a cinch! :-)
September 10, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word isogloss
As in, Oh, Dr. Goodword, I'm so sorry I offended you with my suffixes. Apparently, the -ie isogloss just skirts your castle.
September 10, 2008
reesetee commented on the word isogloss
*snort*
Pro, you're a gem.
September 11, 2008