Leseprobe
Table of contents:
1. Introduction
2. The process of semantic change
3. Types of semantic change
3.1 Metaphor
3.1.1 Definition
3.1.2 Process of creation
3.1.3 Conceptual metaphors
3.2 Metonymy
3.3 Ellipsis (lexical absorption)
4. Motivations for semantic change
4.1 New concept (need for an new name)
4.2 Abstract concepts, distant and usually invisible referents
4.3 Sociocultural change
4.4 Close conceptual or factual relation
4.5 Complexity and irregularity in the lexicon
4.6 Emotionally marked concepts
5. Is semantic change predictable?
6. Bibliography
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- Dipl. Germ. Florian Wenz (Autor:in), 2011, An insight on semantic change, München, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/192733
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