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== Research using the OED == The ''OED'' has been used to support research in fields such as linguistics, psycholinguistics, and psychology. Examples include the extension of word meanings via metaphor,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Xu |first1=Yang |last2=Malt |first2=Barbara |last3=Srinivasan |first3=Mahesh |title=Evolution of word meanings through metaphorical mapping: Systematicity over the past millennium |journal=Cognitive Psychology |date=2017 |volume=96 |pages=41β53|doi=10.1016/j.cogpsych.2017.05.005 |pmid=28601710 |url=https://escholarship.org/content/qt2nc375jw/qt2nc375jw.pdf?t=ornbyk }}</ref> the evolution of measurement terms like "foot" from concrete to abstract meanings,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cooperrider |first1=Kenny |last2=Gentner |first2=Dedre |title=The career of measurement |journal=Cognition |date=2019 |volume=191 |page=103942|doi=10.1016/j.cognition.2019.04.011 |pmid=31302322 }}</ref> and the identification of systematic patterns in [[Blend word|word blends]] (e.g., "brunch" from a blend of "breakfast" and "lunch").<ref>{{cite journal |last=Kelly |first=Michael H. |title=To 'brunch' or to '{{not a typo|brench}}': Some aspects of blend structure |journal=[[Linguistics (journal)|Linguistics]] |date=1998 |volume=36 |issue=3 |pages=579β590 |doi=10.1515/ling.1998.36.3.579 |s2cid=144604219}}</ref>
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