English E

extension₂

Équivalents français

extension₂ extension de sens extension sémantique

Domain / Domaine

Semantics, Historical Linguistics

nS

Semantics, Historical Linguistics

extension

Synonym(s)

widening of meaning semantic extension extension of meaning broadening of meaning

Related Term(s)

polysemia polysemy

Sources

NASH 1968 75
NASH, Rose. (1968) Multilingual Lexicon of Linguistics and Philology: English, Russian, German, French. Coral Gables, FL: University of Miami Press.
HOCK 1986 239 (= generalization)
HOCK, Hans Henrich. (1986) Principles of Historical Linguistics. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.