Language, like everything else, is in a state of constant change. Linguistic change occurs when a generation of speakers produces linguistic expressions that differ from previous generations of speakers. With each generation, words are borrowed from other languages, new words are invented, the meaning of words changes, and the pronunciation of some words is altered. The process of changing the language could be slow or fast. However, as changes accumulate over time, the old and new languages ​​will vary extremely. For example, simple, an old English word, is changed to simple. Furthermore, speech turns into speech. Language change is classified into types, such as semantic change, phonetic change, lexical change, orthographic change, syntactic change and other changes that play a role in the extraordinary change of language. Semantic change, also called drift, progression, or semantic shift, is the change in the use of words, usually to the point that the new meaning is completely different from the old one. It is a gradual shift from the conventional meaning of words towards new meanings. An example of such a change is the word terrible. The conventional meaning of terrible is majestic, but it gradually shifted to describe an unfavorable quality as very bad. Semantic change is classified into different types. The first traditional type of semantic change is narrowing/restriction. It is the change in the meaning of a word, whereby it becomes less general and inclusive. For example: skyline refers to a horizon, but its meaning is restricted to referring to a horizon decorated with skyscrapers. Furthermore, the word meat referred to any type of food. However, its meaning gradually narrowed to refer to animal flesh. The second traditional class...... middle of paper ......Another division of semantic change is degeneration/worsening. It occurs when the meaning of a word worsens and represents a negative quality. Knave, for example, meant boy, then the meaning deteriorated to servant and finally to deceitful or despicable man. The word silly is a classic example of pejorativeness. In Old Middle English, sely (as the word was written) meant happy, blessed, blessed. The word then changed to foolish and degenerated into a less favorable meaning of empty-headed, senseless, or foolish. Improvement, on the other hand, occurs when the meaning of a word elevates and represents a positive quality or something more favorable. The meaning of nice when it first appeared in Middle English was (of people or their actions) foolish, silly, ignorant, senseless, absurd. The meaning was gradually elevated to meanings such as kind, friendly, thoughtful.