diachronic
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9.6
- adjective
- /ˌdaɪəˈkrɒnɪk/
- Specialized
:
diacrónico
- Linguists use diachronic analysis to study how languages evolve and change over centuries.
- diachronic shift
- diachronic metathesis
- diachronic metalepsis
Examples
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The historical evolution can, however, be reconstructed from written sources that provide diachronic and codified information.
Academic text (1998) -
Our task is to now identify the motivation for this basic diachronic shift in the lower clauses of Spanish causatives.
Academic text (1995) -
Certain methods have developed in the academic field to correct diachronic distortions.
Academic text (1996) -
Three of the four foregoing historical problems have, in fact, already been explained through further diachronic analysis.
Academic text (2001) -
In sections 2-5 of our study, we will examine the diachronic shifts in all four of these phenomena in Spanish.
Academic text (1995) -
Variety and flexibility, in other words, are conspicuous in any diachronic perspective.
Academic text (1992) -
The present analysis, by comparison, features analysis of diachronic variation, which marks trajectories of change over time.
Academic text (2015) -
In summary, we have sought to provide a comprehensive account of the diachronic evolution of causatives in Spanish.
Academic text (1995) -
Taken in sum, these meanings underline a diachronic relationship between the language of an earlier and a later text.
Academic text (1997) -
Girls and women explain kinship in matrilinear terms, with the main diachronic division concentrating on age-group membership (Simchenko 1963, 170).
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
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Relating to how something develops or changes over time
About the study of how languages change over time by comparing words
Antonyms
Compounds
How Time-Based
- Specialized
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9.6
- Specialized
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4.6
400
3.6
- Specialized
- Formal
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8.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
diachronic = dia + chron + ic
Formed from Greek combining elements (dia- + chron + -ic); the parts signal 'through/time' for learners familiar with 'chron-' but the term is specialized and can be confused with 'chronic'.
Etymology
The word diachronic comes from Greek parts dia- meaning 'through' and chron- meaning 'time', just like in chronicle or chronology. So diachronic means looking at something 'through time' to see how it changes.