[Lexicog] semantic extension

[dtatjana]

Here are two examples in croatian language, one is
semantic extension of the noun "glava" (basic, literal
meaning is "head") and the other is of the noun "list"
(basic, literal meaning is leaf).

glava 1. head
      2. mind
      3. person
      4. life
      5. loaf
      6. heading (in book)
      7. chief, principal
      8. height by a head (example: he is taller by a
head)

list 1. leaf
     2. kind of a fish, sole
     3. thin layer, sheet, page
     4. certificate, license
     5. letter
     6. newspaper

Tatjana Dobricevic

P.S. I'm affraid I did some typing mistake, and I sent
you first reply before I finished the whole message.
If so, I apologize to all.



--- Fritz Goerling <Fritz_Goerling at sil.org> wrote:
> Here are two examples from English:
>
> chicken: 1) kind of bird (an object)
>                2) kind of meat made from this bird (
> a mass)
>                3) metaphorical extension: he is a
> chicken
>
> tool: 1) originally used for physical objects like
> hammers and axes
>         2) extension to abstract devices such as
> software or exegetical
> helps one uses
>
> Fritz Goerling
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>   Yesterday I learned that the Cheyenne word for
> purse has been semantically
>   extended to mean 'budget.' Interesting!
>
>   What examples of semantic extension have you come
> across in your lexical
>   research?
>
>
>   Wayne
>   -----
>   Wayne Leman
>   Cheyenne website:
> http://www.geocities.com/cheyenne_language
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