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Polysemy - Wikipedia
the capacity for a sign (eg a symbol, morpheme, word, or phrase) to have multiple related meanings. For example, a word can have several word senses. en.wikipedia.org
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POLYSEMY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
the fact of having more than one meaning: Polysemy occurs when a word form carries more than one meaning. dictionary.cambridge.org
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What is polysemy? - Novlr Glossary
a linguistic phenomenon where a word can have multiple interpretations depending on the context it is being used in. www.novlr.org
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polysemy
polysemy Linguistics. (ˈpɒlɪsiːmɪ) Also in mod.L. form polyˈsemia. [ad. F. polysémie (M. Bréal Essai de Sémantique (1897) xiv. 155), f. med.L. polysēmus (see polysemous a.): see -y3, -ia1.] The fact of having several meanings; the possession of multiple meanings.1900 N. Cust tr. Bréal's Semantics xi... Oxford English Dictionary
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Polysemy | Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics
Polysemy is characterized as the phenomenon whereby a single word form is associated with two or several related senses. It is distinguished ... oxfordre.com
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Polysemy Definition and Examples - ThoughtCo
Polysemy is the association of one word with two or more distinct meanings, and a polyseme is a word or phrase with multiple meanings. www.thoughtco.com
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POLYSEMOUS Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
: having multiple meanings; polysemy pə-ˈli-sə-mē ˈpä-lē-ˌsē-mē noun Examples of polysemous in a Sentence www.merriam-webster.com
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Polysemy—Evidence from Linguistics, Behavioral Science, and ...
Polysemy is the type of lexical ambiguity where a word has multiple distinct but related interpretations. In the past decade, ... direct.mit.edu
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Polysemy or "just the same word"? : r/linguistics - Reddit
Polysemes are words that have acquired multiple meanings (eg Pferd which designates an animal and a chess piece), while homophones 1 share the same form by ... www.reddit.com
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Polysemy and Philosophy - Liu - 2025 - Compass Hub - Wiley
It is difficult to give a precise definition of polysemy. Consider the following definition introduced by Falkum and Vicente (2015, ... compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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polysemous
polysemous, a. (pɒlɪˈsiːməs) [Orig. f. med.L. polysēm-us (Dante), a. Gr. πολύσηµ-ος of many senses, f. πολυ-, poly- + σῆµα sign, σηµαίνειν to signify; in modern linguistic use, prob. reformed on polysemy + -ous.] Having many meanings; spec. in Linguistics, = polysemic a.1884 Athenæum 17 May 628/2 Wh... Oxford English Dictionary
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Heterosemy
Heterosemy contrasts with polysemy: while heterosemy implies two distinct words with the same form, polysemy implies one word with multiple meanings. Linguists have been unwilling to apply the label polysemy to such cases, since polysemy is traditionally considered to be a relation between different wikipedia.org
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monosemy
monosemy (ˈmɒnəʊsiːmɪ) [f. mono- + semantic a. + -y3.] Of a word or phrase, the quality of having only one meaning. Cf. polysemy.1951 S. Ullmann Princ. Semantics ii. 107 Multiple meaning—which includes a number of non-lexical elements—comprises everything running counter to ‘monosemy’ in the languag... Oxford English Dictionary
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Synaesthesia (rhetorical device)
(Dylan Thomas, When all my Five and Country Senses See) "the silence that dwells in the forest is not so black" (Oscar Wilde, Salome) Synaesthetic polysemy When a linkage of two senses depends upon a pun, this is known as synaesthetic polysemy. wikipedia.org
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Colexification
See also Onomasiology Ontology Polysemy Synonymy Semantic change Semantic maps Notes Bibliography . Lexical semantics Polysemy Homonymy wikipedia.org
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