DEFINITIONS

Shibboleth:

(Class definition)

It is something that gives you a way to know where someone is from.

(Cambridge Advanced Learner’s dictionary definition)

1 FORMAL a belief or custom that is not now considered as important and correct as it was in the past:
They still cling to many of the old shibboleths of education.

2 a word, phrase, custom, etc. only known to a particular group of people, which you can use to prove to them that you are a real member of that group.

Layperson:

(Class definition)

A person who’s not an expert.

(Cambridge Advanced Learner’s dictionary definition)

Someone who is not trained in or does not have a detailed knowledge of a particular subject.

Diachronic:

Relating to the way a language has developed over time.

2005. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. 7^th edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1^st edition 1948.

Sinchronic:

Relating to a language as it is at a particular point in time.

2005. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. 7^th edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1^st edition 1948.