... SHIFTS IN LEXICALIZATIONS OF THE BAY Anjali Pandey Abstract This article examines shifting lexicalizations of the Chesapeake Bay in three generations' nomenclature, and points to a significant diachronic shift in environmental labelings currently occurring in an Atlantic seaboard speech community. The question investigated is whether lexicalizations about environmental preservation are the first step in the educational process ... the material products of behavior" (Salzman, 2007, p. 57) – simply stated, the difference between a privileging of a bay over a bridge by people. Linguists ...

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