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armchair linguistics

noun

Etymology

Etymology based on the perceived image of a linguist sitting in an armchair and pondering about language phenomena rather than carrying out field work. Compare armchair general, etc.

Definitions

  1. Any linguistic enterprise employing introspection rather than empirical methods, such as…

    Any linguistic enterprise employing introspection rather than empirical methods, such as elicitation.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for armchair linguistics. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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