Search Result for "historical linguistics":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the study of linguistic change;
- Example: "the synchrony and diachrony of language"
[syn: historical linguistics, diachronic linguistics, diachrony]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

historical linguistics
    n 1: the study of linguistic change; "the synchrony and
         diachrony of language" [syn: historical linguistics,
         diachronic linguistics, diachrony]