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| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
| SPECIALIZATION |
| is the process of semantic change wherein a change in the referent makes the meaning of a word become narrower and more specific: corn once meant “any grain,” and meat, “any food,” but today their primary senses have specialized. See also GENERALIZATION. | 1 |
| The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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