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internal reconstruction

noun — 2 senses

internal reconstruction

noun
1

Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A method of reconstructing an earlier form of a language using only evidence from that language, as opposed to the comparative method.

2

Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A reconstruction created by this means.

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