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used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time; "diachronic linguistics"
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From Sassure. One of the ?wo sciences of language.?Also referred to as ?volutionary linguistics.?Diachronic linguistics is concerned with the study of the change in terms over time in a given language. An example of diachronic analysis is the study of a word in relation with its historical derivative(s). Opposite of synchronic.
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referring to phenomena as they change over time; ie employing a chronological perspective (cf. synchronic).
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Terms used by Ferdinand de Saussure in his linguistic study. Diachronic means across time. So, a diachronic study of language is one which takes concentrates on its historical evolution. A synchronic study, on the other hand ? for example Saussurean linguistics ? is static rather than evolutionary, and would take a particular moment and concentrate on the structures of language at that moment.
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a liquid crystal display (LCD), enabling color to appear or vanish on the surface.
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