Lexicology

Types of Semantic Change
(词义改变方式)
1：Generalization(词义扩展)
又称：extension

Meaning:   The word “generalization” is a term of Latin origin referring to the stretching of meaning .   “picture”   原义词:only a painted .   扩展后意义 :a drawing ,a photograph and so on.                      “thing”  原义词:a political or judicial assembly .(治会议或审判大会)扩展后意义: as a ting an eventually this meaning of “matter”.