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Flashcards by Laura Smith, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Laura Smith
over 5 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Broadening | expansion of contexts in which a word can appear. eg. Bandaid. |
| Narrowing | when a word comes to mean only part of what it originally meant. eg. meat. |
| Shift | entails total alteration of the contexts. eg. dag. |
| Elevation | unpleasant overtones erode away and the word acquires favourable associations. eg. image (representation of a person-> cultivated favourable public reputation) |
| Deterioration | positive overtones erode away and words acquire pejorative associations. eg. accident (chance event -> misfortune) |
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