Turning night into day: Milieu and semantic change in Albanian

Authors

  • Lindon Dedvukaj The Ohio State University
  • Brian D. Joseph The Ohio State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3765/plsa.v9i1.5681

Keywords:

Albanian, context, milieu, semantic change

Abstract

We bring to light here two case studies from Albanian that show interesting semantic change, and we argue that in order to understand the particular changes involved, the concept of “milieu” (Christiansen and Joseph 2016: 56-7) should be invoked.

Author Biography

  • Lindon Dedvukaj, The Ohio State University
    Graduate Student of Linguistics

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Published

2024-05-15

How to Cite

Dedvukaj, Lindon, and Brian Joseph. 2024. “Turning Night into Day: Milieu and Semantic Change in Albanian”. Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America 9 (1): 5681. https://doi.org/10.3765/plsa.v9i1.5681.