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Semantic Change

Semantic Change is a type of language change in which the conventional meaning of a lexical item or expression is diachronically modified, extended, restricted, or otherwise reorganized, resulting in a systematic alteration of its sense relations within the language.

970

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Citations

1.6K

Authors

641

Institutions

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2017–2026

235

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Semantic Shift

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Publications

970

On the Rise of Epistemic Meanings in English: An Example of Subjectification in Semantic Change

Elizabeth Closs Traugott · Language · 1989 · 1.8K citations

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Concepts, kinds, and cognitive development

Choice Reviews Online · 1990 · 1.7K citations

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<b>Words in the mind:</b> An introduction to the mental lexicon. 2nd edn. By Jean Aitchison. Oxford &amp; Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1994. Pp. xiii, 290.

Detlef Stark · Language · 1996 · 884 citations

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Diachronic Word Embeddings Reveal Statistical Laws of Semantic Change

William L. Hamilton, Jure Leskovec, Dan Jurafsky · 2016 · 860 citations · Full text

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Universal Tendencies in the Semantics of the Diminutive*

Daniel Jurafsky · Language · 1996 · 676 citations

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Authors

1.6K

  1. NT
    Nina Tahmasebi

    University of Gothenburg, Sweden

    8 publications · 502 citations

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  2. DS
    Dominik Schlechtweg

    University of Stuttgart, Germany

    7 publications · 425 citations

    7

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  3. SH
    Simon Hengchen

    University of Helsinki, Finland

    7 publications · 396 citations

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  4. AJ
    Adam Jatowt

    Kyoto University, Japan

    6 publications · 338 citations

    6

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  5. HD
    Haim Dubossarsky

    Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    6 publications · 494 citations

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Institutions

641

  1. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    15 h-index

    29 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    13 h-index

    28 publications

    1.7K citations

  3. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    22 publications

    1.9K citations

  4. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    13 h-index

    31 publications

    899 citations

  5. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    13 h-index

    24 publications

    1.7K citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    22 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    22 publications

    925 citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    11 h-index

    19 publications

    610 citations

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Venues

  1. English Language and Linguistics

    27 publications · 1.4K citations

    22

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  2. Language

    26 publications · 7.5K citations

    22

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  3. arXiv (Cornell University)

    Repository · 21 publications · 840 citations

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  4. Cognitive Linguistics

    14 publications · 1.1K citations

    13

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  5. Linguistics

    14 publications · 1K citations

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