Language change: semantic change 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguageA2/A-levelAQA Created by: ECCreated on: 11-04-13 14:50 a word's meaning semantic 1 of 13 when a word develops a more positive meaning. e.g. 'terrible/terribly' amelioration 2 of 13 when a word develops a negative meaning pejoration 3 of 13 when a word makes less of an impact than it used to. e.g. 'glad' weakening 4 of 13 a word that had developed a broader meaning broadening 5 of 13 a word can develop a narrower meaning narrowing 6 of 13 has a purpose of removing words and phrases with negative connotations political correctness 7 of 13 endings with -ess, -ette, which are no longer used in many cases trivialising suffixes 8 of 13 describes things as if they were actually something else metaphor 9 of 13 using a word associated with an object rather than its actual name. e.g. cash used to mean moneybox metonymy 10 of 13 sayings that don't make sense when literally interpretted 'it's raining cats and dogs' idiom 11 of 13 alternative words or phrases to avoid offending someone or making it less unpleasant euphemism 12 of 13 when idioms are used a lot, failing to excite the imagionation cliche 13 of 13
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