In:Historical Linguistics: A cognitive grammar introduction
Margaret E. Winters
[Not in series 227] 2020
► pp. 47–72
Chapter 3Lexical change
Published online: 8 May 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/z.227.c3
https://doi.org/10.1075/z.227.c3
Article outline
- 1.Overview
- 2.Etymology
- 2.1Basic vocabulary
- 2.2Coinage
- 2.3Lexical loss
- 3.The nature of meaning
- 4.More general trends
- 4.1Generalization (widening)
- 4.2Narrowing
- 4.3Meliorization
- 4.4Pejoration
- 4.5Shift
- 4.6Metaphor
- 4.7Metonymy
- 5.Wider tendencies and causation
- 5.1Root, epistemic, and speech act meaning
- 6.Conclusion
- Exercises
- For further investigation
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