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    DIACHRONY

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    The study of linguistic changeplay

    Example:

    the synchrony and diachrony of language

    Synonyms:

    diachronic linguistics; diachrony; historical linguistics

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("diachrony" is a kind of...):

    linguistics (the scientific study of language)

    Meronyms (parts of "diachrony"):

    sound law (a law describing sound changes in the history of a language)

    Domain member category:

    derivation; deriving; etymologizing ((historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase)

    Derivation:

    diachronic (used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time)

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