Conclusion
We
have dialled in detail with various types of semantic change.
This is necessary not only because of the interest the various cases
present in themselves but also because a thorough knowledge of these
possibilities helps one to understand the semantic structure of
English
words at the present stage of their development. The development and
change of the semantic structure of a word is always a source of
qualitative and quantitative development of the vocabulary.
The constant development of
industry, agriculture, trade and transport bring into being new
objects and new notions. Words to name them are either borrowed or
created from material already existing in the language and it
often happens that new meanings are thus acquired by old words.
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