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Thank you for all your replies, many of which were sent to me privately. In light of the replies, I think I will proceed with the term “lectometry” in its broad sense.</div>
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<b>보낸 사람: </b>Lingtyp <lingtyp-bounces@listserv.linguistlist.org>이(가) 다음 사람 대신 보냄: JOO Ian via Lingtyp <lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org><br>
<b>날짜: </b>일요일, 2026년 5월 24일 17:49<br>
<b>받는 사람: </b>Sebastian Nordhoff via Lingtyp <lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org><br>
<b>주제: </b>[Lingtyp] Regarding the term "lectometry"<br>
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My colleagues and I are planning a monograph titled “Lectometry: Measuring cross-linguistic distances”. In this prospective monograph, we define “lect” as any linguistic variety (including dialects and languages) and lectometry the measurement of the distance
between lects at any level.</div>
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I went through the previous literature using the term “lectometry” and discovered that the authors who have been using it did so in a slightly different sense, i.e. the distance between “lects” such as dialects, regiolects, sociolects, and other “micro-”levels,
not including what are commonly referred to as “languages”.</div>
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While we would like to use the term “lectometry” for a broader sense to cover languages or even macrolanguages, it would not be desirable to “hijack” a term that is already being used in a different sense. So I would like to ask you for a general opinion on
using the word in this sense. Please find attached the abstract of the introduction of the monograph that explains the rationale for using this term.</div>
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If you think expanding the semantic scope of an existing word is not adequate, I would also appreciate any suggestions on what alternative terms (existing or not) may be preferred.</div>
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From Otaru,</div>
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