Noun
the study of linguistic change
Source: WordNetThe critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics. Ferdinand de Saussure
the synchrony and diachrony of language Source: Internet
According to Matthew Kapstein : From the perspective of historical linguistics, Tibetan most closely resembles Burmese among the major languages of Asia. Source: Internet
Among his substantial publications from this period were his book on Time Perspective in the Aboriginal American Culture (1916), in which he laid out an approach to using historical linguistics to study the prehistory of Native American cultures. Source: Internet
Because the signal-to-noise ratio in historical linguistics declines steadily over time, at great enough time-depths it becomes open to reasonable doubt that it can even be possible to distinguish between signal and noise. Source: Internet
Diachronic mechanisms Comparative historical linguistics studies the evolutions languages and takes a diachronic view of the lexicon. Source: Internet