synchronic

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Etymology

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Bysurface analysis,syn-+‎chron-+‎-ic;historically, seesynchronous § Etymology.

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Adjective

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synchronic(notcomparable)

  1. Occurring at a specific point intime.
    Antonym:diachronic
  2. (linguistics)Relating to the study of a language at only one point in its history.
    Antonym:diachronic
    • 2012,James Lambert, “BeyondHobson-Jobson:A new lexicography for Indian English”, inWorld Englishes‎[1],page300:
      The three texts that contain a more modern selection of lexis, Sengupta, Nihalani et al, and Mahal, being entirelysynchronic,also suffer from a lack of historical perspective.

Usage notes

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  • (linguistics,relating to the study of a language at only one point in its history):Synchronic comparison of two languages focuses on categorizing phenomenatypologically,whereas a diachronic comparison may be looking for common origins or causes of these phenomena, viewed asgeneticrelationships.

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