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SYNCHRONIC LINGUISTICS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does synchronic linguistics mean?
• SYNCHRONIC LINGUISTICS (noun)
The noun SYNCHRONIC LINGUISTICS has 1 sense:
1. the study of a language without reference to its historical context
Familiarity information: SYNCHRONIC LINGUISTICS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SYNCHRONIC LINGUISTICS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The study of a language without reference to its historical context
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("synchronic linguistics" is a kind of...):
linguistics (the scientific study of language)
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