Regularity in Semantic Change
Download or Read eBook Regularity in Semantic Change PDF written by Elizabeth Closs Traugott and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-03-24 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Elizabeth Closs Traugott |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 364 |
| Release | : 2005-03-24 |
| ISBN-10 | : 052161791X |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780521617918 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (1X Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Regularity in Semantic Change by : Elizabeth Closs Traugott
Book excerpt: This new and important study of semantic change examines the various ways in which new meanings arise through language use, especially the ways in which speakers and writers experiment with uses of words and constructions. Drawing on extensive research from over a thousand years of English and Japanese textual history, Traugott and Dasher show that most changes in meaning originate in and are motivated by the associative flow of speech and conceptual metonymy.
