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Semantic change

Semantic change (also semantic shift, semantic progression, semantic development, or semantic drift) is a form of language change regarding the evolution of word usage—usually to the point that the modern meaning is radically different from the original usage. In diachronic (or historical) linguistics, semantic change is a change in one of the meanings…

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Evolution of typologies

Blank (1999)GenerativePragmaticCognitiveDirk Geeraerts
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MeantFrenchLiterallyOld FrenchGreek
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Reappropriation

ReappropriationQueer
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Language changeWord usageDiachronic (or historical) linguisticsWordSenses
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Semantic change

Nodes57
Edges56
Triples245
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.035088
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related to References · 132
Semantic change → Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis, Adamson, Allen, Almqvist, Amsterdam, An, Andreas, Arsène, Beatrice, Bedeutungslehre, Bedeutungswandel, Bedeutungswandels, Beihefte, Beispiel, Benjamins, Berlin/New York, Bezeichnungswandel, BlackwellUllmann, BlackwellVanhove, Blank
related to Further reading · 50
Semantic change → Alan, AlBader, Amerikanistik, An, Anglistik, Arabic Language, Arbeiten, Aspects, Berlin/New York, Change, Cognitive Linguistics, Cruse, Dialects, Die Sprache, Ein, Eine Untersuchung, Engelmann, Entwicklungsgesetze, From, Gruyter
related to Typology by Blank (1999) · 24
Semantic change → Antiphrasis, Auto-antonymy, Auto-converse, Blank, Change, Cohyponymic, Downward, Ellipsis, English, Folk-etymology, French, Generalization, Hoover, Horizontal, However, Lexical, Metaphor, Metonymy, Semantic, Specialization
related to Evolution of typologies · 17
Semantic change → Blank, Coseriu, Darmesteter, Dirk Geeraerts, Fritz, Generative, His, Koch, More, Paul, Recent, Reisig, Semantic, Studies, Traugott, Trier, Warren
related to Typology by Stern (1931) · 10
Semantic change → Adequation, Analogy, Change, Middle Ages, NominationPermutation, Regular, Shortening, Stern, Substitution, This
related to Practical studies · 5
Semantic change → Apart, Corpus, Google Books, Historical American English, WordEvolutionStudy
related to Forces triggering change · 3
Semantic change → Blank, Linguistic, They
related to Typology by Ullmann (1957, 1962) · 2
Semantic change → Nature, Ullmann
is a · 1
Semantic change → change in one of the meanings of a word
related to Reappropriation · 1
Semantic change → Other

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change semantic word meant based meaning blank language english semantics originally new historical used lexical words shift 1999 also literally

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Semantic changeis achange in one of the meanings of a word0.90text
Semantic changerelated to Evolution of typologiesRecent0.60section
Semantic changerelated to Evolution of typologiesBlank0.60section
Semantic changerelated to Evolution of typologiesKoch0.60section
Semantic changerelated to Evolution of typologiesSemantic0.60section
Semantic changerelated to Evolution of typologiesReisig0.60section
Semantic changerelated to Evolution of typologiesPaul0.60section
Semantic changerelated to Evolution of typologiesDarmesteter0.60section
Semantic changerelated to Evolution of typologiesStudies0.60section
Semantic changerelated to Evolution of typologiesTrier0.60section
Semantic changerelated to Evolution of typologiesHis0.60section
Semantic changerelated to Evolution of typologiesCoseriu0.60section

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