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Word: Diachronic
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from dia- ‘through’ + Greek khronos ‘time’ + -ic
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌdʌɪəˈkrɒnɪk
Dialects: British English
Definition:
concerned with the way in which something, especially language, has developed and evolved through time.
Short Definition:concerned with way in which something has developed and evolved through time
Examples:- the census is also a diachronic data set
- linguistic change is the diachronic aspect of linguistic variation
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