Regression (linguistics) - Kaiki

Japanese: 回帰(言語学) - かいき
Regression (linguistics) - Kaiki

...The phenomenon of language history is too complex to be resolved into one-or-the-other theory. Concepts developed in linguistic geography include "word radiation" (words radiate from cultural centers, and archaic words may remain in remote areas), "word travel" (words spread by crawling across the earth), "reversion" (changing a word form that is considered incorrect into one that is considered correct, often resulting in overcorrection), and "word therapy" (the application of a new means of distinction when homophones or other words arise and it becomes difficult to distinguish between words).

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "regression (linguistics)" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…どちらか一方の考えで割り切るのには言語の歴史現象はあまりにも複雑である。言語地理学が開発した概念に,〈語の放射〉(語は文化的中心地から放射され,辺境に古語が残りうる),〈語の旅行〉(語は地上をはうように伝播する),〈回帰〉(正しくないと考えられている語形を正しいと考えられるものに直すこと。しばしば直しすぎも起こる),〈語の治療〉(同音語などが生じて語の区別がつけにくくなるときに新しく区別の手段を施す)などがある。…

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