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Semantic change refers to the gradual alteration in a word’s meaning that takes place over a long period of
time. This phenomenon is examined within the fields of historical linguistics and semantics and is often
known by several other terms, such as semantic shift, lexical change, or semantic progression. There are various forms of semantic change, including amelioration, pejoration, broadening, narrowing, bleaching, as well as
changes brought about through metaphor and metonymy. Moreover, language learners can also contribute
to semantic change when interpreting words or expressions, since people come from different cultural and
linguistic backgrounds. This article discusses several characteristics of the semantic development of verbs
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