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Type Words
Synonyms historical
Derivation diachrony


diachronic linguistics.

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A Synchronic and diachronic study of the grammar of the Chinese Xiang dialects.
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Diachronic and Synchronic attitudes toward Creole identity in southern Louisiana.
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There is significant dialectal and diachronic variation in the exclusive form.
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The diachronic dimension was incorporated into the work of the systemic Formalists.
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Synchronic and diachronic approaches can reach quite different conclusions.
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Most of the sources for diachronic Wu study lie in the folk literature of the region.
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I hear this from strictly Norse analysis, so some diachronic info would be fantastic.
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Chomsky and Halle appear to have replaced diachronic processes with purely synchronic ones.
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This covers the same changes from a more diachronic perspective.
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  • Used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time; "diachronic linguistics"
  • Occurring or changing along with time
  • Referring to phenomena as they change over time; i.e. employing a chronological perspective (cf. synchronic).
  • The view of history as a narrative, or sequence of events, with the implication that you are looking for causes in the chain. The counterpart of synchronic.
  • Of a conlang, having its own internal fictional history.
  • (Grk, "across time"): An analysis of literature, history, or linguistics is diachronic if it examines changes or developments in a single area or discipline over the course of many centuries. ...
  • Literally "through time;" dealing with phenomena as they happen over time. The historical-critical method is a diachronic approach. See also "synchronic."
  • [general] Refers to language viewed over time and contrasts with synchronic which refers to a point in time. This is one of the major structural distinctions introduced by Saussure and which is used to characterise types of linguistic investigation.
  • Studies the historical development of given language; relates to particular texts/practices/phenomena as they change over time.