Synchronic and diachronic approaches to the study of word formation contents chapter I


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1.3 Examples of synchronic approach
The words childhood, kingdom were compound words: hood OE had (state, rank), dom OE dom condemn. But synchronically they are 27considered as derived words because «-dom,» «-hood» became affixes. The words «return» and «turn» historically had semantic relations and «return» was considered as a word derived from «turn». But synchronically these words have no semantic relations and we can't say that «return» is derived from «turn».
A synchronic method, which derives from the Ancient Greek words for "together" and "time," looks at a language at a certain point in time without taking into consideration its history. The goal of synchronic linguistics is to describe a language at a certain period, frequently the present. A diachronic (from "through" and "time") method, like that used in historical linguistics, takes into account how a language .
The study of Middle English is synchronic and focuses on comprehending how a certain period in English history operates as a whole when the topic is temporally restricted to a suitably homogeneous form. In contrast, the diachronic method compares the many stages to understand language evolution. The historical linguist Ferdinand de Saussure is frequently linked to the words "synchrony" and "diachrony," who saw the synchronic perspective as systematic but said that language development is too unpredictable to be deemed a system.as changed over time.
Synchronic linguistics refers to the study of languages as they currently exist, without reference to their historical development. A nice illustration is the English word for "s" in the plural. In certain words, like "cats," this ending is really pronounced as a "s," whereas in others, like "dogs," it's pronounced as a "z." You may verify that this is accurate by saying the words aloud to yourself. The [s] ending appears after sounds like /t/, /k/, and /p/ that you pronounce without vibrating your voice box, according to an analysis of the words that have each ending. After vibrational (“voicing”) sounds like /d/, /g/, /b/, and vowels comes the [z] ending. Since [s] lacks voice and [z] has voice, this makes perfect sense
The study of how components of a language (morphs or morphemes) come together to form words and phrases, as well as how good syntax gives a sentence meaning, is known as synchronic linguistics. A synchronous field of research in the 20th century is the quest for a universal grammar—that which is innate in people and enables them to learn their first language at an early age.
Since “dead” languages are by definition no longer spoken (there are no native or proficient speakers), changing, and fixed in time, studies of them can be synchronic. 4
Examples of the kinds of queries relevant to a synchronic research are identifying the areas of the United States where people today say "pop" instead of "soda" and "idea" instead of "idear." Synchronic studies examine the relationships between things (how pieces work together) at any given moment. In this query, the terms "make" and "work" really catch my attention. The most significant word—synchronicity—is sort of defied by both of these. The coming together of identical energies is synchronicity. The synchronistic thing entering your orbit and appearing as a coincidence causes synchronicity to arise from alignment. It indicates that you are in tune with that object, individual, or event, albeit this isn't always a good thing. But since you hope for a good experience, I'll respond to your query in more detail:
Allowing who we truly are to dominate our vibration causes objects and people with a similar vibration to come toward us. This produces true synchronicity, the type that fascinates, intrigues, and grows us. Georg Curtius, one of Saussure's mentors in historical-comparative and reconstructive linguistics, promoted the neo-grammarian manifesto, which holds that language evolution is based on unchanging laws. Therefore, it was contended that once these laws were discovered, ancient languages for which there were no records may be endlessly recreated. Contrary to his predecessors, Saussure showed in his Course through several examples that such purported laws are too unreliable to permit reconstructions that go well beyond the empirical evidence. Language change (diachrony), in Saussure's opinion, does not constitute a system. In contrast, a systemic equilibrium based on the interdependence of meaning and form holds each synchronic stage together. The synchronic and diachronic explanations for a language's forms at a certain stage are both necessary.


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