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341 pages • first pub 2001 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780521583787
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
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 uses of words and constructions. Drawing on extensive res...
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341 pages • first pub 2001 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780521583787
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
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 uses of words and constructions. Drawing on extensive res...