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This document summarizes a workshop discussion on synchronic versus diachronic explanations of language. It notes that language can be studied from a synchronic perspective of a single time period or from a diachronic perspective of language change over time. While the synchronic view is more real for language users, the diachronic view is also important for linguists to understand how language evolves. The workshop discusses whether synchronic and diachronic explanations are contrasting or complementary an
- Author
- Leonardo Alves
- Language
- EN