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'''Comparative linguistics''' was once the central focus of [[linguistics]], involving the comparison of [[language]]s to discover how related they are [[history|historically]]. Known as ''[[ | '''Comparative linguistics''' was once the central focus of [[linguistics]], involving the comparison of [[language]]s to discover how related they are [[history|historically]]. Known as ''[[comparative philology]]'', the field was popular into the mid-[[twentieth century]]. | ||
Though nowadays most [[linguist]]s are concerned with finding out about the system of language itself, comparative linguistics remains an important branch of ''[[historical linguistics]]''. | Though nowadays most [[linguist]]s are concerned with finding out about the system of language itself, comparative linguistics remains an important branch of ''[[historical linguistics]]''. | ||
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Comparative linguistics was once the central focus of linguistics, involving the comparison of languages to discover how related they are historically. Known as comparative philology, the field was popular into the mid-twentieth century.
Though nowadays most linguists are concerned with finding out about the system of language itself, comparative linguistics remains an important branch of historical linguistics.