Man, Family, Society: Semantic Shifts from Latin to Romance Languages

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of some semantic shifts from Latin to Romance languages and in Romance languages per se in lexemes denominating kinship ties and age of a person in the Italo-Romanic area. The article reviews formation of meaning of words denoting a child. in Italian and Italian dialects with due consideration of Romance parallels.

Keywords

• семантический переход
• латынь
• романские языки
• итало-романский ареал