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synchronic linguistics

the branch of linguistics that analyzes the structure of a language or languages as static, at a given point in their history

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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