Task 2: Describe the semantic structure and state the LSVs of the following words:
Baby, monkey, woman, boy, flower, head, mouse.
Task 3: State the denotational and connotational meanings in the following words:
Daddy, to pass away, to feather-bed, to soft-soap, to cosmeticize, bureaucracy.
Task 4: Here are some borrowings used in Uzbek and Russian. Do you know the original words? What do they look and sound like in English?
Газета, менеджер, бизнесмен, бульдозер, круиз, мокасины, сервис, шоу, хеппи-энд, хобби, сосиски, проспект.
SEMINAR 4: CHANGE OF MEANING AND ITS RESULTS
Historical changeability of the word meaning
Causes of semantic change
Nature of semantic change
Metaphor and metonymy as basic mechanisms of meaning change
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