Semantic Specialization

Semantic Specialization is a type of semantic change in which a word or linguistic expression acquires a more specific meaning within a particular historical or contextual development, thereby narrowing its reference relative to its earlier, more general sense.

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Publications

1.8K

Citations

98

Authors

61

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

10

Variants

Semantic Narrowing

Authors

98

  1. IV
    Ivan Vulić

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 214 citations

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  2. AS
    Andreas S. Tolias

    Baylor College of Medicine, United States

    2 publications · 29 citations

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  3. JR
    James R. Booth

    Northwestern University, United States

    2 publications · 43 citations

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  4. MB
    Matthias Bethge

    University of Tübingen, Germany

    2 publications · 29 citations

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  5. DM
    Dan Moldovan

    University of Southern California, United States

    2 publications · 274 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Experimental Psychology

    3 publications · 83 citations

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  2. The Cartographic Journal

    2 publications · 61 citations

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  3. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  4. Languages in Contrast

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  5. Cognitive Linguistics

    1 publications · 107 citations

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