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beccaelizabeth"We must walk a line between the diachronic and the synchronic without really knowing where that line is."
or indeed what those words mean. definitions, heeeeere definitions...
dictionary.com
syn·chron·ic
/sɪnˈkrɒnɪk, sɪŋ-/ Show Spelled[sin-kron-ik, sing-] Show IPA
–adjective
Linguistics.
having reference to the facts of a linguistic system as it exists at one point in time without reference to its history: synchronic analysis; synchronic dialectology.
di·a·chron·ic
/ˌdaɪəˈkrɒnɪk/ Show Spelled[dahy-uh-kron-ik] Show IPA
–adjective
Linguistics.
of or pertaining to the changes in a linguistic system between successive points in time; historical: diachronic analysis.
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right then, that makes sense.
... the internet rocks.
I'm considering changing which question I'm working on for my essay (for having read about the texts I'm still at a loss where to start on the promising looking first choice) and I can look up the question sheet, look up the quotes in the questions, read on google the books they're pulled from, and check specialist dictionary definitions, all in like five minutes without having to leave my seat. Studying when I was a teenager was soooooo much harder.
Essays is still hard.
Today I still wish to be asleep, but have instead alternated playing scrabble (on my turns) and reading essays about Hogarth (on their turns). I'm losing a lot at scrabble but not falling asleep over the essays, so that's progress.
I have until next monday. Unless I fail really big and have to ask for an extension. then I have monday plus a maximum of two weeks.
I'm really not fond of deadlines.
or indeed what those words mean. definitions, heeeeere definitions...
dictionary.com
syn·chron·ic
/sɪnˈkrɒnɪk, sɪŋ-/ Show Spelled[sin-kron-ik, sing-] Show IPA
–adjective
Linguistics.
having reference to the facts of a linguistic system as it exists at one point in time without reference to its history: synchronic analysis; synchronic dialectology.
di·a·chron·ic
/ˌdaɪəˈkrɒnɪk/ Show Spelled[dahy-uh-kron-ik] Show IPA
–adjective
Linguistics.
of or pertaining to the changes in a linguistic system between successive points in time; historical: diachronic analysis.
---
right then, that makes sense.
... the internet rocks.
I'm considering changing which question I'm working on for my essay (for having read about the texts I'm still at a loss where to start on the promising looking first choice) and I can look up the question sheet, look up the quotes in the questions, read on google the books they're pulled from, and check specialist dictionary definitions, all in like five minutes without having to leave my seat. Studying when I was a teenager was soooooo much harder.
Essays is still hard.
Today I still wish to be asleep, but have instead alternated playing scrabble (on my turns) and reading essays about Hogarth (on their turns). I'm losing a lot at scrabble but not falling asleep over the essays, so that's progress.
I have until next monday. Unless I fail really big and have to ask for an extension. then I have monday plus a maximum of two weeks.
I'm really not fond of deadlines.