different between linguistic vs isogloss

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German linguistisch, equivalent to linguist +? -ic. Compare linguistics. Ultimately from Latin lingua (“tongue”). Attested in English since 1825.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /l????w?st?k/
• Rhymes: -?st?k
• Hyphenation: lin?guis?tic

Adjective

linguistic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to language.
2. Of or relating to linguistics.

   • We have argued that the ability to make judgments about well-formedness and structure holds at all four major linguistic levels — Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, and Semantics.

3. (computing) Relating to a computer language.
   • 1993, Dimitris N. Chorafas, Manufacturing Databases and Computer Integrated Systems, CRC Press, ?ISBN, page 114:

     The message is that we need language features that deal with schematic and linguistic discrepancies.

Synonyms

• linguistical (less common)

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

• linguicist

Ladin

Adjective

linguistic m pl

1. plural of linguistich

Romanian

Adjective

linguistic m or n (feminine singular linguistic?, masculine plural linguistici, feminine and neuter plural linguistice)

1. Alternative form of lingvistic

Declension

English

Etymology

From iso- +? gloss, ultimately from Ancient Greek ???? (ísos, “equal”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wi- (“to separate”)) + ?????? (glôssa, “tongue; language”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gl?g?s).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?a?s?(??)?l?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?a?s??l?s/
• Hyphenation: iso?gloss

Noun

isogloss (plural isoglosses)

1. (linguistics) A line on a map indicating the geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature.

   Synonym: heterogloss

Hyponyms

• isolex
• isophone
• Joret line

Derived terms

• isoglossal
• isoglossic

Translations

See also

• isograph

Further reading

• isogloss on Wikipedia.Wikipedia