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How Words Change (the basics)
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How Words Change (the basics)
Diachronic Change
- the study of how language evolves through time
Synchronic Change
- the study of language as it exists at one point in time
Narrowing
- a word's meaning becomes less broad
Broadening
- a word's meaning becomes wider
Amelioration
- when a word's meaning becomes more positive over time
Perjoration
- when a word's meaning becomes more negative over time
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- A2 Level English Language A2 (Language Change) Mindmap am How Words Change (the basics), erstellt von 08aliell am 17/10/2014.
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