diachronic linguistics

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noun (used with a singular verb)

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Origin of diachronic linguistics

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby diachronic linguistics

diacetic acid, diacetone alcohol, diacetyl, diacetylmorphine, diachronic, diachronic linguistics, diachronism, diachrony, diachylon, diacid, diacidic

How to use diachronic linguistics in a sentence

I realized that this guy, who is on the left edge of politics, has this career in linguistics.
What Is Michel Gondry Doing With Noam Chomsky?|Jimmy So|November 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The fate of linguistics, therefore, turned on a simple twist of chance.
What Is Michel Gondry Doing With Noam Chomsky?|Jimmy So|November 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In linguistics, scholars discuss written- versus spoken-language paradigms.
Ben Yagoda: How I Not Write Bad|Noah Charney|February 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But the ambition announced in these pages is not limited to questions of linguistics or anthropology.
Derrida’s ‘Of Grammatology’ and the Birth of Deconstruction|Benoît Peeters|December 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST

The court held—I think quite sensibly—that the issue turned on substance rather than linguistics.
The Supreme Court Ruling on Obamacare: 16 Experts Weigh in|Matthew DeLuca|June 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It becomes the end with linguistics the means, and this is the true relation between them.
The Private Life of the Romans|Harold Whetstone Johnston
Our needs lie in the direction of the natural sciences rather than in the direction of history and linguistics.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science|Various
“Phonetic laws” make up a large and fundamental share of the subject-matter of linguistics.
Language|Edward Sapir
Had not a "universal religion" better let linguistics alone?
Bahaism and Its Claims|Samuel Graham Wilson
Knowing of Bayne's hobby for linguistics, the oculist jocularly turned these archaic curios over to him.
The Ordeal|Charles Egbert Craddock