Semantic change refers to any change in the word meaning and that change happens over the course of many years. Semantic change is studied in historical linguistics and semantics also it is called by different names as semantic shift, lexical change, semantic progression and there are many types of semantic changes amelioration, pejoration, broadening, semantic narrowing, bleaching, metaphor and metonymy. Language learner’s also causes to semantic change while interpreting the expression or words because people have different background, diverse nations have diverse culture. In this article some features of the semantic progression of verbs are explained.
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