Semantic Shifts: An Approach to Difficult Vocabulary.

Townsend, Charles E.

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ERIC Number: EJ132766

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Publication Date: 1975

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Semantic Shifts: An Approach to Difficult Vocabulary

Townsend, Charles E.

Slavic and East European Journal, 19, 2, 212-217, Sum 75

Problems encountered by Russian language students caused by noncorrespondence of meaning are described. It is argued that many of the difficulties which students encounter in learning vocabulary result from semantic shifts within Russian. (RM)

Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Language Instruction, Language Universals, Russian, Second Language Learning, Semantics

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