diachrony 1
noundomain: thinking
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
the study of linguistic change
Examples
- 1.the synchrony and diachrony of language
Hypernym
linguistics 1
noun
the scientific study of language
Part_meronym
sound law 1
noun
a law describing sound changes in the history of a language
EnglishDerivationally related form
diachronic 1
adjective
used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time
Part_holonym
sound law 1
noun
a law describing sound changes in the history of a language
Member_of_this_domain_-_TOPIC
deriving 1
noun
(historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase
