31. At first, historical linguistics was comparative linguistics . 32. Many scientific disciplines, such as genetics, cybernetics, and comparative linguistics , were enemies of the people and imprisoned. 33. In honor of Archibald A . Hill : Historical and Comparative Linguistics ( Vol . 3 ). 34. It has no valid comparative linguistic basis. 35. Comparative linguistics is now, however, only a part of a more broadly conceived discipline of historical linguistics.36. From 1885 to 1902, he was a professor of Indology and comparative linguistics at the University of Halle. 37. He was appointed as the extraordinary ( ) professor of comparative linguistics and Sanskrit at Jena in 1868. 38. The existence of such early-attested documents in Gothic makes it a language of considerable interest in comparative linguistics . 39. In the meantime, he received his habilitation in Sanskrit and comparative linguistics at the university ( 1869 ). 40. Comparative linguistics led to a picture of ancient Greek that more or less corroborated Erasmus'view, though with some modifications.