Thesaurus:isolating language
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]Sense: language with the number of morphemes per word close to one
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- isolating language
Hypernyms
[edit]Instances
[edit]Various
[edit]- analytic language [⇒ thesaurus] (near hypernym)
Notes
[edit]- Wikidata ranks isolating language as a subclass of analytic language, unsourced. By contrast, Britannica says an isolating language tends to be analytic, not a strict hyponymy. The hyponymy hypothesis seems plausible given the definitions, and English would be analytic but not isolating language, upon narrow reading of the terms.
Further reading
[edit]- Wikipedia:Isolating language
- Wikipedia:Category:Isolating languages
- isolating language, britannica.com
- language - Language typology, britannica.com
- LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY, Encyclopedia.com
- Isolating Language, glossary.sil.org
- Isolating Language, encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com
- Basic Language Structures by Dr. C. George Boeree, webspace.ship.edu