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What does diachrony mean?

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Noun
  1. The study of change over time, especially changes to language
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In this sense, the phonemic inventory is partly shaped by diachrony and sociolinguistic forces.
Connectives in Synchrony and Diachrony in European Languages.
Diachrony is evolution of a system in time, elements by elements.
The logic or strategy of the monument attacks the diachrony of time.
Here the diachrony of time almost always is conceived as a defect of synchronity to be omitted or repaired.
The enactment of masochistic desire is a performance of history, and masochism is a synchronic enactment of diachrony.

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