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Historical linguistics

theory that meaning change begins when context-bound pragmatic inferences become generalized and then coded as new meanings.

In historical linguistics, invited inference theory of semantic change refers to theory that meaning change begins when context-bound pragmatic inferences become generalized and then coded as new meanings. This meaning comes from Traugott (2001) in Regularity in Semantic Change.[1]

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References

  1. Traugott, E. C., & Dasher, R. B. (2001). Regularity in Semantic Change. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511486500

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