Regularity in semantic change /

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 words and constructions in the flow of strategic interaction with addressees.

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Main Author: Traugott, Elizabeth Closs
Other Authors: Dasher, Richard B., 1955-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002
Series:Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 97.
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