Comparative Remarks Concerning the Technical and Slang …

Examples of multiple WF mechanisms/rules and semantic shift, occurring among the different meanings of the same words, e.g. wow “(1) "World of Warcraft." A video-game; (2) to impress.” Semantic transfer from the class of the learned (i.e. Latinate or Hellenic) terms, e.g. pessimal “as bad as possible. The opposite of "optimal".” ................
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