A “silly” person was a happy person in Old English, and a nave person in Middle English, but in Modern English it means a foolish person, this example indicates ______.
A、semantic addition
B、semantic broadening
C、semantic narrowing
D、semantic shift
【正确答案】：D
【题目解析】：A “silly” person was a happy person in Old English, and a nave person in Middle English, but in Modern it means a foolish person, this example indicates semantic shift.
