Diachronic Prototype Semantics

Geeraerts, D. (1997). Diachronic Prototype Semantics: A Contribution to Historical Lexicology. Oxford University Press. Prototype-theory perspective on semantic shift; emphasizes gradual polysemy expansion and reanalysis of prototype boundaries; cross-linguistic validation of semantic-shift patterns.

Type

Book

Intellectual base

Review or monograph

Year

1997

Link

https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198236528.001.0001matched

Cited from

linguistics_semiotics

Cited by

3 citations across 3 artifacts.

Primes

• Polysemy
  • - Not homonymy — homonyms share a form by historical accident with no shared conceptual core (bank-of-river ≠ bank-financial etymologically)

Domain-specific

• Semantic Narrowing and Widening
  • Medical "Trauma": Narrowing in Clinical, Widening in Popular Discourse
• Semantic Shift
  • Listed in the references but not attached to a specific claim.

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