(Lecture-16), Diachronic and Synchronic Approaches in Linguistics

The terminological distinction between synchronic and diachronic approaches in Linguistics was first made by Swiss linguist, Ferdinand de Saussure (1857–1913) in his Course in General Linguistics (published posthumously in 1916). ======== Chapters of video lesson: 00:00 Introduction 00:02 Diachronic Approach 02:43 Synchronic Approach 04:45 Difference between Diachronic and Synchronic Approach ======== Important Links:    • Introduction to Linguistics      • Advanced Linguistics      • Sociolinguistics      • Morphology      • Psycholinguistics      • Corpus Linguistics      • Sociolinguistics      • Phonetics      • Syntax      • Word-Formation Processes      • History of Linguistics   =========