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In Robin’s linguistics class, the teacher and students are discussing how the word “nice” once meant “foolish” and how “awful” used to mean “full of awe.” They are most likely discussing ______

A.
morphemes
B.
semantics
C.
phonemes
D.
syntax

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The answer should be B 
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User JuanOjeda
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The answer would be B.

Semantics means the study of words and their meanings.

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User Suraj Gupta
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