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Language evolves continuously, with semantic shifts reflecting cultural, technological, and societal changes. This book examines the mechanisms and drivers of semantic change, including metaphor, metonymy, and language contact. It explores case studies of words that have undergone significant shifts in meaning over time. The book also discusses the role of digital media and globalization in accelerating language change. It is an essential resource for linguists, researchers, and students interested in historical and sociolinguistic perspectives.

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Dr Prafull D. Kulkarni is an experienced professor of English, a recognized research supervisor, and an author of international repute. He has to his credit over twenty books as an author, five volumes as an Editor, and over twenty international research papers on various themes of English language, literature, drama, culture, and folklore. Besides teaching language and literature courses for the past thirty years in the public universities of India and Africa, he supervises Ph.D. and M.Phil. scholars in a public university in India.

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