术语“印欧语系”的详细信息

英译术语:

Indo-European language family

汉语语境:

索绪尔区分了语言研究中的共时性和历时性。然而，这两种研究方法有时候相互关联。某些共时的变异可以通过历时的演化来加以解释。例如，15至17世纪在英国发生的元音大转移，印欧语系部分语言中一些元音的历史同化，19世纪日耳曼语言中发生的两次辅音转移，以及汉语中出现的一些例证充分说明了这个问题。

英语语境:

Saussure once distinguished between synchronic and diachronic studies in linguistics. However, these two studies are sometimes interrelated. Some synchronic variations in language may be accounted for by diachronic changes. The Great Vowel Shift occurring in England between the 15th and 17th centuries, the historical assimilation of some vowels in some Indo-European language family, the two Germanic Consonant Shifts in the 19th century and some examples in Chinese serve as a good illustration.