Diachronic Synonyms and Antonyms

dīə-krŏnĭk
Of or concerned with the study of changes occurring over a period of time, as in language, mores, etc.
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. historical
Antonyms:
  1. synchronic

Words Related to Diachronic

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. sociolinguistic
  2. grammaticalization
  3. typological
  4. crosslinguistic
  5. contrastive
  6. grammaticalisation
  7. diachrony
  8. corpus-based
  9. historical-linguistics
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Diachronic Sentence Examples

  • The motif is no longer diachronic; in Quadrant II time is frozen and the motif becomes vertical, going downwards.

  • It is argued that phonological or phonetic similarity of forms favors diachronic syncretism in certain morphological contexts.

  • This is the point at which the diachronic perspective takes over from the synchronic view.

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