Talk:Diachrony and synchrony

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Saussure

Shouldn't we mention Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure in this article? He was the one who brought up the distinction between a synchronic and a diachronic analysis of language. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.230.47.64 (talk) 21:23, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, and perhaps Adorno with respect to musically analogous materials together with Chomsky.Ernstblumberg (talk) 16:30, 19 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]