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adjective Linguistics.
having reference to the facts of a linguistic system as it exists at one point in time without reference to its history: synchronic analysis; synchronic dialectology.
Also, syn·chron·i·cal.
Compare diachronic.
Related forms
syn·chron·i·cal·ly, adverb
non·syn·chron·ic, adjective
non·syn·chron·i·cal, adjective
non·syn·chron·i·cal·ly, adverb
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Synchronic
is always a great word to know.
So is asterisk. Does it mean:
| a star (*) used to mark utterance that would be considered ungrammatical or otherwise unacceptable by native speakers of a language |
| the spoken form a word has when produced in isolation, such as for illustration, as distinguished from the form it would have when produced in the normal stream of speech |
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World English Dictionary
| synchronic (sɪnˈkrɒnɪk) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | Compare diachronic concerned with the events or phenomena at a particular period without considering historical antecedents: synchronic linguistics |
| 2. | synchronous |
| syn'chronically | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
synchronic
1833 shortening of synchronical (1652), from L.L. synchronus "simultaneous" (see synchronous). Linguistic sense is first recorded 1922, probably a borrowing from Fr. synchronique (de Saussure, 1913).
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