精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上1.Synchronic vs diachronicLanguage exists in time and changes through time. The description of a language at some point of time in history is a synchronic study; the description of a language as it changes through time is a diachronic study. A diachronic study of language is a historical study; it studies the historical development of language over a period of time.2. Langue and parole Langue refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all the members of a speech
