"unreasoning" - 1 õppematerjal

Inglise leksikoloogia kordamisküsimuste vastused

fading “…an old sense of a word – perhaps the “trunk” of our earlier derivation – dies away, so that it can be traced only through historical records, or more remotely, from historical reconstructions… the earlier sense may become quite opaque to later generations…” Examples: 1. Disc – can be a flat round form OR a data-storage device OR a form of something like sun or moon 2. Panic – fear and sudden unreasoning BUT it came from greek god Pan Extension of meaning (widening,generalization) <> specialization of meaning (narrowing) thing /θɪŋ/ noun PERSON/ANIMAL --- used after an adjective to refer to a person or animal with love or sympathy • The poor things were kept in small cages without room to move. • [ as form of address ] You lucky thing winninga car. A special case of extension --- “…generalization of a proper name to a whole class of people, things, or events…”