In the sentence "Just after two years he is quite a grown boy now. ” The word “grown” can be classified into sense of transfer.
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What type of transfer is experienced for the word in bold type?
The fairy tale “The Sleeping Beauty” is very interesting.
There is associated transfer, for example, the lip of a wound; the tongue of a bell；the ( ) of a plane, in which the meaning is transferred through association.
Words which were used to designate one thing but later changed to mean something else have experienced the process of semantic .
Define the following terms.
degradation
Define the following terms.
Define the following terms with one or two sentences.
pejoration
Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book.
The opposite of semantic elevation in meaning change is called .
degradation of meaning
Associatedcan be seen in the examples like purse for money, dish for food.
Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book. The opposite of semantic elevation in meaning change is called _______.
Which of the following shows that the influx of borrowings has caused some words to change in meaning?（ ）
Fortuitous formerly denoted 'happening by chance', 'accidental' and later took on the meaning 'fortunate' probably by because the two words look similar.
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Why is context very important for the understanding of word-meaning?
Supply two examples to illustrate that the influx of borrowings has caused some words to change in meaning.
Analyze and comment on the following.
Analyze the three causes of meaning change within the scope of the linguistic factors, based on the given words below.（1）gold, bulb;（2）deer, beast, animals;（3）fortuitous, fruition.
In Old English, animals and their share the same name.
sense
of transfer.