Thursday, September 13, 2007

The Synchronic Study of Language

The synchronic study of language is the study of language at one particular poin of time. It means that in studying language, we need not see the history of the language. If we want to study or describe one language at presnt time synchronically, we just describe the languae or one aspect of the language (phonological, lexical or grammatical aspect)at present time without paying atttention to the history. The synchronic study of language is like a tree which is cut horizontally.

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