However this highlights an interesting feature of the PEI as a measure of performance: the comparative language of the PEI questions mean that it scores for improvements in patient understanding and capacity (and so forth) rather than any absolute level of understanding and capacity.
German scholar of comparative language, religion, and mythology.
During the later period of his diplomatic career (in 1817) he made notable corrections and additions, especially on the Basque language, to J.C. Adelung's Mithradates, a comparative study of languages.
Although her own work was to remain focused on the historical and comparative study of languages, she acquired a profound interest in general linguistics, too, so much so that she later became a driving force behind the establishment of a chair in linguistics at Oxford.
Müller's principal resource in developing the resulting classification of religions was the comparative study of languages, from which he sought to demonstrate similarities in the names of deities, the existence of common mythologies, the common occurrence of important terms in religious life, and the likeness of religious ideas and intuitions among the branches of a racial group.
Like all such broad generalisations in "areal linguistics" (the comparative study of languages within a given region), this one begs a number of relevant questions; but it will serve as a starting point for the present discussion.
Displays of emotion are plentiful in Arthurian romances, and because parallel versions of Arthurian romances abound in different European languages, comparative study of the behaviors and vocabulary of emotions across linguistic boundaries delivers rich results.
A comparative analysis of "Bima-Sumba" languages shows clear support for a Sumba-Hawu group, and limited evidence for a larger genetic unit that includes many or all of the languages of western and central Flores.
Müller's views on religion were shaped by German idealism and the comparative study of language.
Indeed, at a recent rehearsal of Tristessa, a new piece for the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the comparative distillation of language and material caused comments like: "The music still sounds like you, but it's somehow more intertwined".
