| English noun: historical linguistics | |||
| 1. | historical linguistics (cognition) the study of linguistic change | ||
| Samples | The synchrony and diachrony of language. | ||
| Synonyms | diachronic linguistics, diachrony | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | linguistics | ||
| Part holonym | sound law | ||
| Domain category members | derivation, deriving, etymologizing | ||