Wordsmith Talk |
About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us | |||
Register Log In Wordsmith.org Forums General Topics Q&A about words Evolution of a phrase
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Originally Posted By: zmjezhd[It] don't describe the specific kind of shift where a term has become pejorative to everybody using the term.
If a majority of folks is using the phrase with a new meaning, rather than the older one, that seems like a classic case of semantic change to me.
I think I worded my response badly. I didn't mean to suggest that it was not an example of semantic change or semantic shift, merely that caling it semantic change or shift does not differentiate it from more benign examples of semantic change.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Evolution of a phrase latishya 10/18/08 02:11 AM Re: Evolution of a phrase The Pook 10/18/08 03:17 AM Re: Evolution of a phrase zmjezhd 10/18/08 11:34 AM Re: Evolution of a phrase Faldage 10/18/08 12:23 PM Re: Evolution of a phrase zmjezhd 10/18/08 12:55 PM Re: Evolution of a phrase latishya 10/18/08 08:12 PM Re: Evolution of a phrase Jackie 10/18/08 10:36 PM Re: Evolution of a phrase Faldage 10/20/08 01:18 AM Re: Evolution of a phrase The Pook 10/19/08 12:37 PM
Moderated by Jackie
Link Copied to Clipboard
Forum Statistics Forums16Topics13,913Posts229,371Members9,182 Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV
9,182 Registered Users
Who's Online Now 1 members (A C Bowden), 765 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 24
Top Posters wwh 13,858Faldage 13,803Jackie 11,613wofahulicodoc 10,561tsuwm 10,542LukeJavan8 9,919Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210AnnaStrophic 6,511Wordwind 6,296of troy 5,400
Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith.org