单选题
"Wife", which used to refer to any woman, stands for "a married woman" in modern English. This phenomenon is known as______. (西安交大2008研)
A、
semantic shift
B、
semantic broadening
C、
semantic elevation
D、
semantic narrowing
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】
解析：词义缩小是指原来的词义缩小或被限制到某个明确的意义上。
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