In this way Kuhn states that not all of the semantic changes are changes that lead to incommensurability, they are only those that, by being made in the basic categories, operate in a holistic manner meaning that all the relationships between these terms becomes altered.
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A euphemism may often devolve into a taboo word itself, through the linguistic process known as " pejoration " or " semantic change " described by W . V . O . Quine, and more recently dubbed the " euphemism treadmill " by Harvard professor Steven Pinker.
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Indeed, that semantic change may be a positive consequence, says Dr . Spencer Eth, vice chairman of the psychiatry department at St . Vincent's Catholic Medical Centers in downtown Manhattan : " There is a growing acceptance that the emotionally injured have a valid claim for psychiatric care.
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Another example of the semantic change called " figurative extension " that grew out of New York speedspeech is noprollem, which originally meant " I can do it easily " but now can be a modest response to gratitude with the primary sense of " you're welcome ."
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It was also Schuchardt who underlined that the etymologist / onomasiologist, when tracing back the history of a word, needs to respect both the " dame phon�tique " ( prove the regularity of sound changes or explain irregularities ) and the " dame s�mantique " ( justify semantic changes ).
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G�r�me's painting is one of the earliest modern depictions of Cleopatra emerging from a carpet in the presence of Julius Caesar, a minor historical inaccuracy that arose out of the translation of a scene from Plutarch's " Life of Caesar " and the semantic change of the word " carpet " over time.
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This has been a theme which was traditionally " dear to the hearts of the men who made the movies . " " Once we accept a semantic change from singing to playing the clarinet, " The Benny Goodman Story " becomes an almost transparent reworking of " The Jazz Singer " & and " The Jolson Story " ."
