@article{4bb754606fd411df928f000ea68e967b,
title = "Are Some Semantic Changes Predictable?",
abstract = " Historical linguistics is traditionally concerned with phonology and syntax. With the exception of grammaticalization - the development of auxiliary verbs, the syntactic rather than localistic use of prepositions, etc. - semantic change has usually not been described as a result of regular developments, but only as specific meaning changes in individual words. This paper will suggest some regularities in semantic change, regularities which, like sound laws, have predictive power and can be tested against recorded languages. ",
keywords = "Faculty of Humanities, semantic change, connotation, denotation, meaning",
author = "Steen Schousboe",
year = "2010",
language = "English",
volume = "16",
pages = "175--179",
journal = "British and American Studies",
issn = "1224-3086",
publisher = "Universitatea de Vest din Timisoara, Facultatea de Litere, Istorie si Teologie",
}