The Word 'Meaning' and its Usage
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What can affect the meaning of words and sentences according to the text?

  • Speaker's intentions (correct)
  • Change in spelling
  • Word length
  • Punctuation marks
  • Which term best describes the concept where 'Nice' could mean 'foolish' and 'Silly' could mean 'happy' over time?

  • Syntactic ambiguity
  • Semantic shift (correct)
  • Morphological derivation
  • Phonological assimilation
  • In the context of word meanings, what role do the speaker's intentions play?

  • Directing the spelling rules
  • Determining the font style
  • Affecting interpretation in a specific context (correct)
  • Influencing the audience's mood
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