Diachronic

Word DIACHRONIC
Character 10
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /daɪ.əˈkɹɒnɪk/

Definitions and meanings of "Diachronic"

What do we mean by diachronic?

Of or concerned with phenomena, such as linguistic features, as they change through time. adjective

Occurring or changing along with time. adjective

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

Occurring over or changing with time.

Of, pertaining to or concerned with changes that occur over time.

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The word "diachronic" in example sentences

Strawson goes on to identify two personality types, which he calls the diachronic type, the kind of person disposed to conceive of themselves connected to both their past and future selves, and the episodic type, which is the kind of person who does not tend to conceive of their momentary self as part of a chain of selves stretching into the past and future. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The present pope calls it 'diachronic' - a very useful term when 'relevance' is so often used to suggest that the contemporary is our only point of reference.

Whatever may be true of the kind of diachronic unity we just discussed, the kind of diachronic unity associated with personal identity is clearly a kind of memory, specifically, a kind of autobiographical memory. ❋ Brook, Andrew (2006)

Through what they called the "diachronic" they studied the evolution of a language; and through what they called the "synchronic" they observed the systemic theory of language. ❋ The Daily Growler (2006)

Essentially the Moors and Ramapaughs rejected the "diachronic" or historical explanation of their origins in favor of a "synchronic" self-identity based on a "myth" of Indian adoption. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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