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Publication details [#2937]
Eder, Alois. 1973. Pragmatik in der historischen Semantik: Zur Peiorisierung von 'gemein'. Wiener Linguistische Gazette 4 : 37–62.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
German
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
The development of German 'gemein' demonstrates the importance of a pragmatic approach in historical or diachronic semantics, especially in the analysis of evaluative components of meaning.