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VCE English language semantic shifts with examples
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- 1Broadeningexpansion of contexts in which a word can appear.
eg. Bandaid. - 2Narrowingwhen a word comes to mean only part of what it originally meant.
eg. meat. - 3Shiftentails total alteration of the contexts.
eg. dag. - 4Elevationunpleasant overtones erode away and the word acquires favourable associations.
eg. image (representation of a person-> cultivated favourable public reputation) - 5Deteriorationpositive overtones erode away and words acquire pejorative associations.
eg. accident (chance event -> misfortune)
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- definitions ad examples of semantic shifts.
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