plural of comparative literature

(linguistics) A technique for studying the development of languages by performing a feature-by-feature comparison of two or more languages with a common ancestor.

plural of absolute comparative

(grammar) The use of a comparative to indicate a relatively high degree of some quality, without explicitly making a comparison, as in "higher education".

plural of comparative illusion

(linguistics) A kind of comparative sentence that superficially seems acceptable but actually has no clear meaning. Example: "More people have been to Russia than I have."

The academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across linguistic, cultural and national boundaries.

plural of comparative superlative

plural of comparative linguist

(mathematics) Either of a pair of functions that have the same domain and that the values of one are equal to or greater than the other for all points in that domain.