French/English Glossary of Linguistic Terms

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famille (de langues)

Eng    family of languages, language family

nFS

Related term(s): affinité, branche₂, généalogie, langue apparentée, langue fille, langue mère, langue sœur, phylum, protolangue, rameau, sous-famille, typologie

Domain: Historical Linguistics

Source(s): Dubois etal. 1994: 195f.; Ducrot & Schaeffer 1995: 23; Ducrot & Todorov 1972: 24; Parveau & Sarfati 2003: 19; Pottier 1973: 243; Saussure 1949: 20, 262-263; Tesnière 1982: 29; Vachek 1960: 16, 34

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