The Diachronic Meaning of a Word

If you were looking to define the full extent of the meaning of any one word, that conversation is going to have to include what some structural linguists refer to as the diachronic meaning. For example, take the word justice. The word justice means something entirely different to day than it did 50 years ago. Or 200 years ago when it's being used in its old english form, or a thousand years agowhen it's being use in its original latin form. There are tons of reasons to privilege one of these definitions of justice if it's part of a statement you're trying to relay to some one else as a speaker or writer. We're talking about what words are and how