Related Term(s):

• historical semantics

Synonym(s):

• semantic change

Source(s):

PEI & GAYNOR 1954192-193
HARTMANN & STORK 1972202-203 (= shift of meaning, vocabulary change)
LEVINSON 1983165
HJELMSLEV 1961[trans.]105

• PEI, Mario A. & GAYNOR, Frank. (1954) A Dictionary of Linguistics. New York : Philosophical Library.
• HARTMANN, R.R.K. & STORK, F.C. (1972) Dictionary of Language and Linguistics. London: Applied Science Publishers.
• LEVINSON, Stephen C. (1983) Pragmatics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 
• HJELMSLEV, Louis. (1961 [trans.]) Prolegomena to a Theory of Language. Trans. by Francis J. Whitfield. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. 

Domain:

Semantics

Historical Linguistics