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English noun: diachrony

1. diachrony (cognition) the study of linguistic change


SamplesThe synchrony and diachrony of language.


Synonymsdiachronic linguistics, historical linguistics


Broader (hypernym)linguistics


Part holonymsound law


Domain category membersderivation, deriving, etymologizing









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