Friday, November 6, 2009

Another short word list

Semantic shifts occur when first language meanings are transferred, resulting in extended, restricted, or redefined meanings in English:

  1. get = to give birth
  2. hear = to listen
  3. brat = illegitimate child
  4. young husband = son
  5. second husband = brother-in-law
  6. daughter = wife

This list also comes from Zuengler (1982, p. 116).

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