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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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It covers a fragmentary historicosocial body, both in a vertical sense (historical diachrony, its formation in layers), and in an extensive sense (the different events of regional history which have produced various, virtually contemporaneous little languages, dialects, and successive different dialectizations of the koine).
Pier Paolo Pasolini's La ricotta: the power of cinepoiesis by Carlorosi, Silvia / Italica
The first Graz Conference on Reduplication (2002) focused on empirical evidence and typology, the second conference (2007) addressed diachrony and productivity.
Intensifying reduplication in Estonian/[TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ... by Erelt, Mati / Linguistica Uralica
As such, most of the methods used by historians are useful to art historians, all of whom are obliged to admit diachrony and synchrony.
Asen and methodology in art history by Adande, Joseph C.E. / African Arts
 
 
 
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