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lex•i•co•sta•tis•tics



Pronunciation: (lek"si-kō-stu-tis'tiks), [key]
—n. (used with a sing. v.) Ling.
the statistical study of the vocabulary of a language or languages for historical purposes. Cf. glottochronology.

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