"Wife", which used to refer to any woman, stands for "a married woman" in modern English. This phenomenon is known as

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问题 "Wife", which used to refer to any woman, stands for "a married woman" in modern English. This phenomenon is known as

选项 A、semantic shift.
B、semantic broadening.
C、semantic elevation.
D、semantic narrowing.

答案D

解析 wife一词由原来表示“任何女性”转变为表示“已婚女性”，这是词义的缩小。

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