ChangesinWordMeaning摘要.pptVIP

Changes in Word Meaning 一.Causes of Changes in Word Meaning “… Change of meaning is a commonplace, and indeed it would appear to be fundamental in living language, …… almost every word we use today has a slightly different meaning from the one it had a century ago: and a century ago it had a slightly different meaning from the one it had a century before that.” Quirk 1963:123-124 Ⅰ.Extra linguistic causes Historical cause Social cause Psychological cause Ⅱ.A. Linguistic cause ellipsis Linguistic c