HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does historical linguistics mean?
• HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS (noun)
The noun HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS has 1 sense:
1. the study of linguistic change
Familiarity information: HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS (noun)
Meaning:
The study of linguistic change
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
diachronic linguistics; diachrony; historical linguistics
Context example:
the synchrony and diachrony of language
Hypernyms ("historical linguistics" is a kind of...):
linguistics (the scientific study of language)
Meronyms (parts of "historical linguistics"):
sound law (a law describing sound changes in the history of a language)
Domain member category:
derivation; deriving; etymologizing ((historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase)
"You lose some... and you win some... and some you don't even bother to play". (English proverb)
"Drop by drop would make a lake." (Azerbaijani proverb)
"If you're a liar, then have a good memory." (Arabic proverb)
"Through bumps, one learns to walk." (Corsican proverb)
