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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=535031419-19052004></SPAN>H<SPAN
class=535031419-19052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>ere are two
examples from English:</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=535031419-19052004>chicken: 1) kind of bird (an
object)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
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2) kind of meat made from this bird ( a mass)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
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3) metaphorical extension: he is a chicken</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=535031419-19052004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=535031419-19052004>tool: 1) originally used for physical objects like
hammers and axes</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=535031419-19052004> 2) extension
to abstract devices such as software or exegetical helps one
uses</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=535031419-19052004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=535031419-19052004>Fritz Goerling</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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class=535031419-19052004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
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class=535031419-19052004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
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class=535031419-19052004> </SPAN><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE><TT>Yesterday I learned that the Cheyenne word for purse has been
semantically<BR>extended to mean 'budget.' Interesting!<BR><BR>What examples
of semantic extension have you come across in your
lexical<BR>research?<BR><BR><BR>Wayne<BR>-----<BR>Wayne Leman<BR>Cheyenne
website: <A
href="http://www.geocities.com/cheyenne_language">http://www.geocities.com/cheyenne_language</A><BR><BR></TT><BR>
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