Are Some Semantic Changes Predictable?
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Are Some Semantic Changes Predictable? / Schousboe, Steen.
I: British and American Studies, Bind 16, 2010, s. 175-179.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Are Some Semantic Changes Predictable?
AU - Schousboe, Steen
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Historical linguistics is traditionally concerned with phonology and syntax. With the exception of grammaticalization - the development of auxiliary verbs, the syntactic rather than localistic use of prepositions, etc. - semantic change has usually not been described as a result of regular developments, but only as specific meaning changes in individual words. This paper will suggest some regularities in semantic change, regularities which, like sound laws, have predictive power and can be tested against recorded languages.
AB - Historical linguistics is traditionally concerned with phonology and syntax. With the exception of grammaticalization - the development of auxiliary verbs, the syntactic rather than localistic use of prepositions, etc. - semantic change has usually not been described as a result of regular developments, but only as specific meaning changes in individual words. This paper will suggest some regularities in semantic change, regularities which, like sound laws, have predictive power and can be tested against recorded languages.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - semantic change
KW - connotation
KW - denotation
KW - meaning
M3 - Journal article
VL - 16
SP - 175
EP - 179
JO - British and American Studies
JF - British and American Studies
SN - 1224-3086
ER -
ID: 20169334