试题题干
D linguistics is the systematic description and elucidation of all linguistic changes through
time. It studies the historical development of language over a period of time. For example, a study of the changes English has undergone since the time of Shakespeare would be a diachronic study.
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Diachronic,语言存在于时间中并随着时间而发展变化着。对随时间的推移而发生变化的语言所作的描述,叫做历时性研究。历时性研究属于历史性的研究,它所研究的是语言经过一定时间阶段所发生的历史变化。如对莎士比亚以来语言所发生的变化的研究,就属于历时性研究。