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synchronic linguistics

the study of the phonological, morphological, and syntactic features of a language at a stated time. Also called descriptive linguistics. Cf. diachronism.

See also: Linguistics

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synchronic linguistics - the study of a language without reference to its historical context

linguistics - the scientific study of language

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