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1、changesofwordmeaninginEnglish摘要随着人类社会的快速发展,语言作为人们表达思想和交流思想的工具,也随着不断的变化。英语作为一门有活力的语言,自然也不例外。在语言的众多因素中,词汇的额变幻最快、最明显,而此意在一定时期内是相对稳定的,但多年时间过去,有些词变化很大,甚至彻底改变原意。与此同时,词义的变化自然与人类社会有着密切的联系,很多因素引起此意改变,比如历史因素,心理因素,社会因素等。这篇文章将会探讨词义变化的原因。关键词:词义变化变化原因I.IntroductionWiththe
2、flyingdevelopmentofhumansociety,languagesastoolsforpeopletoexpressandcommunicatetheirideaschangesconstantlyandfrequently.Englishasalivelylanguageisnoexception.Amongmanyelementsoflanguage,wordschangesfasterandmostobviously.MeaningsofEnglishwordsarerelativelys
3、tableincertaintime,butyearspassed,somechangedalotevencompletely.ⅡcauseofchangingofwordmeaningWhile,changinginwordmeaninghascloserelationshipwiththesociety.Manyfactorsmaycauseittochange,history,psychological,societyfactorsandsoon.Thepaperwilldiscussinsomedeta
4、ilthecauseofchanges.Weprobablyagreewhenevernewmeaningsareaddedtooldwords,ornewwordsarecreated.Itisinresponsetocertainread.Forexample,whenplanswithoutpropellersbecameimportantsuddenlyinourdailylife.Letquicklyexpandedtoembracetheconcept.Thereareseveralmajorfac
5、torsthatcausechangesinmeaning.1Historyfactor.ItcandatefromAD5century,whenAnglo-Saxonspeak,withchangesanddevelopmentofthesocialhistory,someborrowingwordscrowdedinEngland.WhatinfluencetheEnglishwordsmostwasRenaissancestudyingoldGreekandRomancultureprovidedmany
6、synonymstotheEnglish.What’smore,aftertheEnglandcapitalstagerevolutionandindustrialrevolution,Englishpeoplebegantoexpandandconnectwithothercountries,otherlanguageswereaddedintoEnglish,forexample,bazzarisfromPersiaMeanwhile,EnglandkeptconnectionwithFranceandFr
7、enchwordsconstantlyincreaseinEnglish.Shakespearewasfamousforhisworksandheisamasteroflanguage.HecreatedmanywordsbymixingFrancelanguageandnativelanguage.HeenrichedtheEnglishwords,andincreasedthepowerofEnglishwords,showtheflexibilityandadaptability.Willallgreat
8、Neptune’soceanwashthisbloodcleanfrommyhand?No,thismyhandwillrather.Thismultitudinousseasincarnadine.Makingthegreenonered:”Hereadjectivewordsmultitudinousandverbincarnadinearebothforeignandmake,g