chapter Five Changes in Word Meaning 英语词汇学 教学课件.ppt

文档介绍：paratively,thecontentisevenmoreunstablethantheform.“Almosteverywordweusetodayhasaslightlydifferentmeaningfromtheoneithadacenturyago:andacenturyagoithadaslightlydifferentmeaningfromtheoneithadacenturybeforethat.”(Quirk)-meaningchangesby5modesExtensionNarrowingDegradationElevationTransferOfthese,,alsoknownasgeneralization,,,alsocalledspecialization,,esrestrictedinitsapplicationandconveysaspecialmeaninginpresent-,:ignorantfoolishdelightful,pleasantMarshalandconstable:keeperofhorses’now‘high-rankingarmyofficer’,‘policeman’-:Paper:originallydenotepapyrusThoughpaperisnotmadeofpapyrusnowadays,:,ornewwordsarecreated,