In Robin’s linguistics class, the teacher and students are discussing how the word “nice” once meant “foolish”

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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

GPT-5 mini · Answer

B. semantics

They're discussing word meanings and how meanings change over time. Morphemes are smallest meaningful units, phonemes are sounds, and syntax deals with sentence structure.

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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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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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