noun
synchronic linguistics
Technical term in linguistics, contrasting with 通時言語学 (diachronic linguistics).
共時言語学は、ある時点における言語の構造を研究する。
Synchronic linguistics studies the structure of a language at a particular point in time.
Diachronic linguistics, which studies language change over time, as opposed to the synchronic focus of 共時言語学.
Compound of 共時 (synchronic) and 言語学 (linguistics). The term is a calque from Western linguistics.