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

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

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The ___________ meaning of the word “mother” is “female parent of a child ”.

A. conceptual
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A. reflected
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C. collocative
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A. referential
B. ideational
C. context
D. conceptual

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A. entails
B. presupposes
C. excludes
D. negates