[Lexicog] semantic extension

[dtatjana]

It is interesting how semantic derivation can
influence the grammatical contents of the word and
change it. For instance, countable noun (chicken as a
bird) can turn to be uncountable (chicken as a meat).

The question is how much changes (semantical and
grammatical) one word can bear to stay as whole,
before it splits into two dfferent words.

Tatjana Dobricevic

--- 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!
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>   What examples of semantic extension have you come
> across in your lexical
>   research?
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>   Wayne
>   -----
>   Wayne Leman
>   Cheyenne website:
> http://www.geocities.com/cheyenne_language
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