Assertion: funk | /r/ObjectUse | used as adjective
Facets:
value: increasingly
type: DEGREE
value: in the context of soul music
type: OTHER
value: in the 1950s
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In the 1950s, when 'funk' and 'funky' were used increasingly as adjectives in the context of soul music—the meaning being transformed from the original one of a pungent odor to a re-defined meaning of a strong, distinctive groove.