diachronic

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

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diachronic linguistics Source: Internet

According to University of Florida 's Professor Eric Kilgerman, "While a museum in which a particular narrative unfolds within its halls is diachronic, those museums that limit their space to a single experience are called synchronic." Source: Internet

Although the city is situated opposite the mouth of the Main river, the name of Mainz is not from Main, the similarity being perhaps due to diachronic analogy. Source: Internet

At the same time, in order that there be movement, or potential, the origin cannot be some pure unity or simplicity, but must already be articulated—complex—such that from it a "diachronic" process can emerge. Source: Internet

Historically, the evolution of the Tocharian vowels was the last part of the diachronic phonology to be understood. Source: Internet

An overview of diachronic work on Canadian English, or diachronically-relevant work, is Dollinger (2012). Source: Internet

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