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 speaker

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 speaker

This important study of semantic change examines how new meanings arise through language use, especially the various ways in which speakers and writers experime

Historical linguistic theory and practice consist of a large number of chronological "layers" that have been accepted in the course of time and have acquired a

Historical reconstruction of languages relies on the comparative method, which itself depends on the notion of the regularity of change. The regularity of sound