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subjectification: a standalone construct

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Historical linguistics

tendency for word meanings to shift over time toward expressing the speaker's beliefs, attitude or perspective, as in the rise of epistemic meanings.

In historical linguistics, subjectification refers to tendency for word meanings to shift over time toward expressing the speaker's beliefs, attitude or perspective, as in the rise of epistemic meanings. This meaning comes from Traugott (1989) in Language.[1]

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attitude6 fields · 12 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs intersubjectification1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct perspective3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Traugott, E. C. (1989). On the Rise of Epistemic Meanings in English: An Example of Subjectification in Semantic Change. Language, 65(1), 31-55. https://doi.org/10.2307/414841

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