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diachrony

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di·ach·ro·ny  (d-kr-n)
n.
1. Diachronic arrangement or analysis.
2. Change occurring over time.
[diachron(ic) + -y.]
diachronism, diachrony
the comparative study of a development based on its history. — diachronic, diachronistic, diachronistical, adj.
See also: Time
the study and description of the change or development in the structural systems of a language over a stated period of time. Also called historical linguistics. Cf. synchronic linguistics. — diachronic, adj.
See also: Linguistics
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Noun1.diachrony - the study of linguistic change; "the synchrony and diachrony of language"
diachronic linguistics, historical linguistics
linguistics - the scientific study of language
sound law - a law describing sound changes in the history of a language
deriving, etymologizing, derivation - (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase


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But it is legitimate only as a new historicist move, undertaken in full awareness that the limitations of diachrony come into play only after an acceptance of its irrevocable reality.
The post-secular: a Jewish perspective by Diamond, James S. / Cross Currents
[16] The linguistic diachrony implicit in such reformed claims does not always or necessarily result in the right reading of a Patristic text, but it finds sustenance in texts that often exhibit a different use and signal a divergent understanding of the verb to be from that of the Scholastics.
Language and History in the Reformation: Cranmer, Gardiner, and the ... by ANDERSON, JUDITH H. / Renaissance Quarterly
Beyond humanist history and its "euchronic" dream, structuralist history, as we know, put in place a broader schema in which two dimensions intersected and articulated each other: diachrony and synchrony, the evolutionary and the structural points of view.
Critical reflections by Kraus, Rosalind / Artforum International
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