isogloss
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A map showing the Uerdingen line, the isogloss between German Low German ik and Central German ich
English
Etymology
From iso- + gloss, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wi- (“to separate”)) + γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue; language”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *glōgʰs).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈaɪsə(ʊ̯)ɡlɒs/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈaɪsəɡlɑs/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈaɪsoɡlɒs/, /ˈʌɪ-/, /-sə-/
- Hyphenation: iso‧gloss
Noun
isogloss (plural isoglosses)
- (linguistics) A line on a map indicating the geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature.
- Synonym: heterogloss
- 1921, The Calcutta Review, Calcutta: University of Calcutta, →OCLC, page 285:
- Bloch thinks (and we agree with him) that details of isogloss will probably not bear out this kind of grouping.
- 1970, W[illiam] F[oxwell] Albright, T[homas] O[den] Lambdin, “The Evidence of Language”, in I[orwerth] E[iddon] S[tephen] Edwards, C J Gadd, N[icholas] G[eoffrey] L[emprière] Hammond, editors, The Cambridge Ancient History, 3rd edition, volumes I, part 1 (Prolegomena and Prehistory), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, published 2000, →ISBN, section IV (Sumerian, Hurrian, Urarṭian, Elamite), page 154:
- There was also a tendency to treat transitive verbs passively, as in Hurrian and Urarṭian; it must, however, be emphasized that this phenomenon may also be considered as an isogloss rather than as an indication of genetic relationship.
- 2005, Brian D. Joseph, Carol G. Preston, Dennis R. Preston, editors, Language Diversity in Michigan and Ohio: Towards Two State Linguistic Profiles, Ann Arbor, Mich.: Caravan Books, →ISBN, page 29:
- The convergence of multiple isoglosses on a map, a "bundle", indicates a boundary between one regional dialect and another.
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Translations
line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature
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