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by currere
1900 days ago
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Thank you, I enjoyed your illuminating comments, and for the search phrase "semantic shift". I should have been more cognizant of metaphorical extension, having recently read [0] which claims "tall" went from "swift" to "vertically large" via "skillful" ("tall of hand") then "exaggerated" ("tall story"). [0] http://theconversation.com/five-words-that-dont-mean-what-yo... |
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