Mechanisms of Change in English and Latin Lexicon - A Comparison

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Mustapić, Judita. (2018). Mechanisms of Change in English and Latin Lexicon - A Comparison. Diploma Thesis. Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu, Department of English Language and Literature
Department of Classical Philology. [mentor Stanojević, Mateusz-Milan and Rezar, Vlado].

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Abstract

The aim of my work is to show the mechanisms of semantic change and the way they affected some of the words when they were borrowed from Latin into the English lexicon in the sixteenth century. The analysis of the words is based on the cognitive theories about prototypical categories and mechanisms of metaphor and metonymy which act as forces expanding categories and creating new meanings and senses of words. The analyzed words were chosen from The Proheme of The Boke named the Gouernour by Sir Thomas Elyot. The research shows the importance of historical, political, and social circumstances and their impact on language.

Item Type:	Diploma Thesis
Subjects:	English language and literature Classical philology > Latin language and Roman literature
Departments:	Department of English Language and Literature Department of Classical Philology
Supervisor:	Stanojević, Mateusz-Milan and Rezar, Vlado
Date Deposited:	06 Dec 2018 12:46
Last Modified:	06 Dec 2018 12:46
URI:	http://darhiv.ffzg.unizg.hr/id/eprint/10467

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