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INTRA-LANGUAGE CHANGE, has, means, remember, due to, means, also, means,…

- - - - change of meaning that occurs in some words
        
        Connotation
        
        it gives certain words an extra meaning or a special meaning.
        
        Slang words
        
        it is ephemeral and catachresis seems to operate upon them with unusual force
        
        Janus word
        
        It is also a single word that has ended up with contradictory meanings
      - A few English words are immune to catachresis
        
        a phenomenon called FOSSILIZATION
        
        it is one that has become fixed in a set phrase or word combination
        
        it derives its meaning only from that phrase and that meaning is fixed
      - Specialization
        
        It often pertains to the jargon of a special group or class
      - Generalization
        
        It is the widening of a word’s meaning until it covers much more than the word’s original signification
      - Degeneration
        
        it generates when it achieves such widespread and frequent usage as essentially to mean anything
      - Regeneration
        
        rebirth of a word after it has degenerated to zero meaning