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Historical linguistics — Linguistics … Wikipedia
historical linguistics — n. the branch of linguistics that deals with language changes over a period of time … English World dictionary
historical linguistics — the study of changes in a language or group of languages over a period of time. Also called diachronic linguistics. [1920 25] * * * also called Diachronic Linguistics, the branch of linguistics concerned with the study of phonological,… … Universalium
historical linguistics — noun the study of linguistic change the synchrony and diachrony of language • Syn: ↑diachronic linguistics, ↑diachrony • Derivationally related forms: ↑diachronic (for: ↑diachrony) … Useful english dictionary
Socio-historical linguistics — is a relatively new field of linguistic research which represents a merger of two distinct sub disciplines of linguistics; sociolinguistics and historical (or diachronic) linguistics. Researchers in this field use sociolinguistic methods to… … Wikipedia
Linguistics — is the scientific study of language, encompassing a number of sub fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure (grammar) and the study of meaning (semantics). Grammar encompasses morphology (the formation and… … Wikipedia
Historical pragmatics — is the study of language use (especially in spoken language) in its historical dimension. State of the Art Since the late 1970 s, historical linguists have discovered their growing interest in pragmatic questions first in German, then in Romance… … Wikipedia
Historical Chinese phonology — deals with reconstructing the sounds of Chinese from the past. As Chinese is written with logographic characters, not alphabetic or syllabary, the methods employed in Historical Chinese phonology differ considerably from those employed in, for… … Wikipedia
Historical language — Historical languages are languages that were spoken in a historical period. See: *Historical linguistics *List of languages by first written accounts *List of extinct languages *Classical language *Proto language See also *Ancient language … Wikipedia
linguistics — /ling gwis tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. [1850 55; see LINGUISTIC, ICS] * * * Study of the nature and structure of… … Universalium
