Diachronic (Adjective)
Meaning
Used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time; "diachronic linguistics".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- A diachronic study of the language reveals how words have shifted in meaning over centuries.
- Diachronic analysis is crucial in understanding the evolution of social and cultural norms.
- Linguists employ diachronic methods to chart the historical development of a language's syntax.
- The researcher conducted a diachronic investigation of the verb conjugations in Old English.
- The field of diachronic linguistics has shed new light on the ways languages change over time.