Historisms and semantic changes
The author discusses characteristics of words to which lexicologists and lexicographers usually refer as historisms. Semantic changes related to the original appearance and reappearance of historisms are analysed as well as the influence of extralinguistic reality to this processes. In the end the a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Croatian |
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Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje
2005-01-01
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| Series: | Rasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje |
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| Online Access: | http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/14396 |
| Summary: | The author discusses characteristics of words to which lexicologists and lexicographers usually refer as historisms. Semantic changes related to the original appearance and reappearance of historisms are analysed as well as the influence of extralinguistic reality to this processes. In the end the author considers the possibility of synonymy and extension of historism’s meaning through methaphoric use. |
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| ISSN: | 1331-6745 1849-0379 |