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Change of meaning - Coggle Diagram
Change of meaning
THE CAUSES OF SEMANTIC CHANGE
social causes.
psychological causes
taboo
Taboo of the delicacy
Taboo of decency
Taboo from the fear.
Emotional factors
historical causes.
Ideas
Scientific concepts
Institutions
Objects
Foreign influence as a cause of semantic change
Linguistic causes
The demand for a new name as a cause of change
semantic
THE NATURE OF SEMANTIC CHANGE
Likeness of senses (metaphor)
Similarity of names (popular etymology)
Contiguity of names (ellipsis)
Contiguity of senses (metonymy)
THE CONSEQUENCES OF SEMANTIC CHANGE
Scope changes: extension and restriction
of the meaning
Changes in valuation: developments
pejorative and ameliorative
polysemy
vocabulary structure
ambiguous contexts
The language is transmitted in
"discontinuous" Way.
vagueness
loss of motivation