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synchrony|ˈsɪŋkrənɪ|
[f. Gr. σύγχρονος synchronous: see -y.]
1. = synchronism 1, 2, 2 b.
1848W. W. Lloyd in Numism. Chron. XI. 105 Very precise arrangement in sequence and synchrony. 1853Merivale Rom. Emp. xxx. (1865) III. 417 Orosius,..anxious..to find or make a synchrony between an epoch so important in the world's history and one of the most signal events recorded in his own creed. 1880Athenæum 18 Dec. 821/1 The relics of the ‘Burnt City’ of the Troad favour in the most significant manner a synchrony with the graves in the acropolis of Mycenæ.
2. Linguistics. A synchronic method of linguistic study; synchronic treatment.
1931L. H. Gray in Amer. Jrnl. Philol. LII. 77 Synchrony must determine the nature of these categories. 1955Word XI. 630 The Saussurean antinomy between synchrony and diachrony. 1959,1963[see diachronic a. 2]. 1972Language XLVIII. 438 It has recently been claimed that Georg von der Gabelentz anticipated a number of Saussurean concepts, in particular his dichotomies of langue-parole and synchrony-diachrony. |