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Semantic change — Semantic change, also known as semantic shift or semantic progression describes the evolution of word usage usually to the point that the modern meaning is radically different from the original usage. In diachronic (or historical) linguistics,… … Wikipedia
Semantic progression — Semantic progression, also known as semantic shift, describes the evolution of word usage mdash; usually to the point that the modern meaning is radically different from the original usage.Examples* demagogue Originally meant a popular leader .… … Wikipedia
Semantic field — The semantic field of a word is the set of sememes (distinct meanings) expressed by the word.For example, the semantic field of dog includes canine and to trail persistently (also, to hound).The semantic field of a given word shifts over time see … Wikipedia
Semantic integration — is the process of interrelating information from diverse sources, for example calendars and to do lists; email archives; physical, psychological, and social presence information; documents of all sorts; contacts (including social graphs); search… … Wikipedia
High German consonant shift — High German subdivides into Upper German (green) and Central German (blue), and is distinguished from Low German (yellow) and Dutch. The main isoglosses, the Benrath and Speyer lines, are marked in black. In historical linguistics, the High… … Wikipedia
HEBREW LANGUAGE — This entry is arranged according to the following scheme: pre biblical biblical the dead sea scrolls mishnaic medieval modern period A detailed table of contents precedes each section. PRE BIBLICAL nature of the evidence the sources phonology… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Alfred Tarski — Infobox scientist name = Alfred Tarski caption = birth date = birth date|1901|01|14 birth place = Warsaw, Poland (under Russian rule at the time) death date = death date|1983|10|26 death place = Berkeley, California fields = Mathematics, logic,… … Wikipedia
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Quantitative comparative linguistics — is a branch of comparative linguistics that applies mathematical models to the problem of classifying language relatedness. This includes the use of computational phylogenetics and cladistics to define an optimal tree (or network) to represent a… … Wikipedia
Chocoholism — is a portmanteau of chocolate and alcoholism, referring to an addiction to chocolate. Some connoisseurs of chocolate claim to suffer from this condition and describe themselves as chocoholics.EtymologyA thorough etymology of the word exhibits… … Wikipedia
