where meanings within linguistics change over time. On the other hand, Cognitive Linguistics views Semantics as an innate, finite meaning inherent in a lexical unit, which can be used to generate ...

The comprehensibility of spoken discourse is affected by a speaker's semantic competence. For example, an inadequately developed semantic network restricts flexibility and creativity of expressive ...

Bleaching as a type of semantic change is often mentioned in works on grammaticalization, but very few studies focus on how bleaching occurs. The literature on hyperbole as a figure of speech notes ...