Nigar Gasimova

TYPOLOGY OF SEMANTIC CHANGES IN ENGLISH

Summary. The article talks about the process of changing the meanings of words in English and its types. The process of changing the meanings of words is called semantic change. The modern meaning of words differs from their original meaning. Language change is one of the main areas of study by linguists, and semantic change is part of the process of language change. Semantic change is characteristic for all languages, the typology of semantic changes in all languages was developed by the American linguist Leonard Blumfield. This article comprehensively examines the classification of semantic changes developed by the great linguist and analyzes the types, kinds of semantic changes . This classification of semantic changes is suitable not only for English, but also for other languages. By examining this classification in depth, we can carry out an analysis and comparison of semantic changes in different languages.

Keywords: semantic change, typology of semantic changes, narrowing of meaning, expansion of meaning, metaphorization, metanomization, hyperbole, litota, negativization, positivization