glottogonist

UK /ɡlɒˈtɒɡənɪst/ US /ɡlɒˈtɒɡənɪst/
noun 1adj 1

Definitions

noun

1

One who studies glottogony.

The sixteenth century saw the emergence of the first European glottogonists, scholars who study the origin of language.

adj

1

Related to glottogony.

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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