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    This document discusses shift and change of meaning in semantics. Shift of meaning refers to the broadening, narrowing, or changing of connotations of a word's meaning over time, without replacing the original referent. Change of meaning means replacing the meaning of the original referent. Factors that contribute to shift and change include each new generation finding new ways to use language, vagueness of meaning, loss of motivation, and the open structure of vocabulary. Causes include linguistic changes like new inventions or ideas, historical changes, social and psychological influences, and the impact of foreign languages. Amelioration refers to a word gaining a more positive meaning over time, while pejoration means a word takes on a more negative meaning,

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    This document discusses shift and change of meaning in semantics. Shift of meaning refers to the broadening, narrowing, or changing of connotations of a word's meaning over time, without replacing the original referent. Change of meaning means replacing the meaning of the original referent. Factors that contribute to shift and change include each new generation finding new ways to use language, vagueness of meaning, loss of motivation, and the open structure of vocabulary. Causes include linguistic changes like new inventions or ideas, historical changes, social and psychological influences, and the impact of foreign languages. Amelioration refers to a word gaining a more positive meaning over time, while pejoration means a word takes on a more negative meaning,

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    This document discusses shift and change of meaning in semantics. Shift of meaning refers to the broadening, narrowing, or changing of connotations of a word's meaning over time, without replacing the original referent. Change of meaning means replacing the meaning of the original referent. Factors that contribute to shift and change include each new generation finding new ways to use language, vagueness of meaning, loss of motivation, and the open structure of vocabulary. Causes include linguistic changes like new inventions or ideas, historical changes, social and psychological influences, and the impact of foreign languages. Amelioration refers to a word gaining a more positive meaning over time, while pejoration means a word takes on a more negative meaning,

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    SHIFT AND CHANGE OF MEANING

    Semantics

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    Shift of Meaning

    It is the symptoms of broadening, narrowing,


    connotating, and synthesizing meaning of a word
    in a semantic/lexical field.
    In shift of meaning, the former referent is not
    changed or replaced but the former referent
    undergoes the broadening or narrowing of
    meaning
    The examples are holiday, dog, meat, wife, etc.

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    aya/Semantics

    Change of Meaning

    It means replacement of meaning of the


    former referent
    For example, canggih, foya, gay

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    Factors contributing to shift and


    change of meaning

    Each new generation has to find a way of


    using language of the previous generation
    Vagueness/uncertainty of meaning
    Loss of motivation
    Structure of vocabulary is open

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    Causes of shift and change of meaning

    Linguistic
    Historic

    Social
    Psychological

    Creation/invention of new objects


    New ideas
    Concepts of science

    Taboo

    Influence of foreign Language


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    Amelioration and Pejoration

    Ameliorative is taken from the word melioratwhich means better/to make better
    Thus, amelioration is a linguistic process by which a
    word over a period of time grows more elevated in
    meaning and more positive.
    Pejorative is taken from the word pejor- which
    means worse.
    Thus, pejoration is a change over time in the
    meaning of a word so that it becomes less favorable
    or more negative. e.g. cunning
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    Examples of pejoration & amelioration

    'Idiot'
    'moron
    'Chav',
    childaggressive
    teenagers (junivenile
    deliquency)

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    brave, before is
    "uncivilized" (cf.
    barbarous)
    knight, before denoted "a
    male servant"
    Fond (maybe related to
    fun) originally meant
    foolish
    'Tree-hugger. chase up a
    tree
    environmentalists
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