Semantic Extension and Restriction - A case of Shona

Language, just like any other aspect of culture, is bound to undergo some metamorphosis. Semantics is one aspect of language in which change is inevitable.This book is an attempt to show how semantic change, in the form of extension (generalisation) and restriction (narrowing) take place in Shona. The book not only look at how extension and restriction apply in the construction of meaning in Shona, but it also looks at the relationship between a word's original meaning and its the new (extended or restricted) meaning.

About the author

Angeline Masowa (Maestría en Lenguas y Literatura Africanas) es profesora en el Departamento de Lenguas y Literatura Africanas de la Universidad de Zimbabwe. Sus intereses de investigación incluyen Semántica, Lexicografía y Literatura y género.

Product details

• Authors: Angeline Masowa
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.03.2011
• EAN: 9783844315684
• ISBN: 978-3-8443-1568-4
• No. of pages: 68
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics