Modifies a noun

• perspective: He notes that we need not regard such frameworks from a purely synchronic perspective.

• mode: Meanings arise from the ego, the synchronic mode.

• analysis: Furthermore, the structuralist concern with synchronic analysis ignores the way in which genres are involved in a constant process of change.

• approach: Such questions inevitably present problems for a perspective inspired by Saussure's ahistorical, synchronic approach to language.

• view: This is the point at which the diachronic perspective takes over from the synchronic view.

• study: I have seen that a mere synchronic study has very often led to errors and misconceptions.

Modifying Another Word

• purely: He notes that we need not regard such frameworks from a purely synchronic perspective.