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Meaning Change Pathways

Meaning Change Pathways is a theoretical framework in historical semantics that systematically categorizes the recurrent trajectories through which lexical items evolve in meaning over time, distinguishing itself from other analytical models by emphasizing structured, diachronic sequences of semantic shifts grounded in cognitive and sociolinguistic mechanisms.

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2017–2026

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Pathways of Change: Grammaticalization in English

Laurel J. Brinton · Journal of English Linguistics · 2001 · 116 citations

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DOWNSHIFTING AND MEANING IN LIFE

Neil Levy · Ratio · 2005 · 75 citations

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Word learning does not end at fast-mapping: Evolution of verb meanings through reorganization of an entire semantic domain

Noburo Saji, Mutsumi Imai, Henrik Saalbach et al. · Cognition · 2010 · 74 citations

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Gci theory and language change

Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen, Richard Waltereit · Acta Linguistica Hafniensia · 2006 · 71 citations

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The catalogue of semantic shifts as a database for lexical semantic typology

Maria Bulakh, Dmitrij Ganenkov, Ilya Gruntov et al. · Linguistics · 2012 · 69 citations

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Authors

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  1. SX
    Shu Xu

    Harbin Institute of Technology, China

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  2. SN
    Stanley Newman

    Smithsonian Institution, United States

    1 publications · 61 citations

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  3. AS
    Anita Santos

    University of Minho, Portugal

    1 publications · 54 citations

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  4. MB
    Maria Bulakh

    Russian State University for the Humanities, Russia

    1 publications · 69 citations

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  5. TK
    Tom Kenter

    Google (United States), United States

    1 publications · 66 citations

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Institutions

36

  1. University of Minho

    Braga, Portugal

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    108 citations

  2. Universidade Federal da Bahia

    Salvador, Brazil

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    36 citations

  3. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    132 citations

  4. Amsterdam University of the Arts

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    132 citations

  5. Instituto Superior da Maia

    Maia, Portugal

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    54 citations

  6. Clark University

    Worcester, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    26 citations

  7. Keio University Shonan Fujisawa

    Fujisawa, Japan

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    148 citations

  8. New York University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

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Venues

  1. Linguistics

    2 publications · 122 citations

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  2. Psychological Bulletin

    2 publications · 82 citations

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  3. Acta Biotheoretica

    1 publications · 36 citations

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  4. Entertainment Computing

    1 publications · 23 citations

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  5. Management Learning

    1 publications · 19 citations

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